Chapter 122: Result
"Sedona, how is it?"
-I think I'll find it if I keep going. I kind of have a feeling-
Three people heading to the center
Me and Wince and Sedona
We are riding on Sedona in her dragon form.
Is it because they're the same dragon?
Or maybe because they are parent and child
Sedona seemed to be able to sense the location of Edgeworth's body.
"Sedona, if you get tired, we'll get off right away, okay? Don't ever push yourself too hard."
-Don't worry, I can still fly-
Wince advises, but Sedona has a habit of pushing herself too hard.
We have to act with Sedona's physical strength in mind.
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South of the four countries
Flying further south than the Long Wall
"It's different than it used to be."
-What is this... Hell or what?-
What we see below us are mad soldiers wandering around.
“Shiro-san, please look at that.”
Where Wince pointed was a crowd of mad soldiers
"What are they doing, Wince, can you see it?"
"...Mad soldiers eating mad soldiers"
Only mad soldiers are moving
There are bones all over the place
Animals, monsters, humans
When we went further, the landscape had changed there, too.
"No way, the forest..."
Every single tree in the thick forest that we saw when we passed by had fallen.
The mad soldiers were clinging to the fallen trees
On the contrary, even the grass that used to grow here and there has disappeared and all that remains is dirt.
"They're literally eating everything."
There's no way they're sane to eat something like that
The whole body becomes only bones and skin
Abnormally distended abdomen
"What's with that body?"
-Creepy, how do humans become like that?-
"Yeah, when you starve yourself to the point of extreme hunger, your body loses water, and the organs shrink."
They'd never seen that much starvation before.
That's how much nature is in the north where we live.
"With everything so far gone, how many years will it take for the nature to recover?"
Decades?
It'll take hundreds of years to recover, or it'll turn into a desert and stay like this forever.
What in the world was the purpose of all this?
"The river is rotting."
I turned to look at the river
The entire river is brown and muddy, and even from the air, I can smell it.
The river has completely stopped flowing.
We ride Sedona as it is and cross the mountain
"This is..."
I saw something extraordinary.
-It's no good around here-
Beyond the mountains, it was even more hellish.
There was nothing but black sand.
There was nothing there.
Not even a trace of a mad soldier, a bone, a river or a forest.
The desert of black sand stretched all the way to the horizon.
But just before the horizon, there was something else.
"What is that hole..."
There was a huge hole.
A few kilometers in diameter.
Depth unknown
-I can feel a presence in there!-
If you do not enter the tiger's cave, you will not catch its cub. But...
"What's the matter?"
"Is it okay if we go in?"
-Father, I can go-
I don't know what kind of traps are in there.
"We have no choice but to go in"
-Then let's rush in!-
"If you think it's dangerous, return immediately, okay?"
-Yes!-
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