(Happy New Year to everyone, how was your New Year? Wish everybody a happy and prosperous new year)
"Something's not right." Catherine furrowed her brow, "The gates are open, but there are no guards, no villagers coming in or out, and no one patrolling the wooden walls."
"That seems normal, the magical beast invasion has ended, the mercenaries have no need to guard and patrol like before." Lina said, "And the fact that there are no villagers entering and exiting is also normal, it's getting late, it's almost time for villagers to go home for dinner, no one will be wandering around the village gate now."
"It is almost time for dinner, but where's the smoke from cooking?" Catherine pointed to the sky above the village with her chin, "There's none."
Lina also became serious and quickly adjusted her mindset to a state of alert, "It seems there's a problem, shall we go over and check?"
