Back in Alterra, the very festive atmosphere didn't last particularly long because the team sent to Vismont had returned.
Fortunately, everyone came back with their lives and complete limbs, but none of them were undamaged. Along with them were quite a number of refugees, who were at an even worse state.
Because the territory was a subsidiary, Hubert and the others were not hurt directly by the guards there. Rather, because the enemies knew this, they targeted the refugees a lot instead.
Because a lot of the refugees had to be protected and there were only so few of them, it was inevitable they'd be injured by the mobs they encountered afterward.
In fact, had they not arrived when they did, had there not been an aether hospital, and had there not been surgeons—a lot of the refugees would've died within an hour of their arrival.
