"We've never had a good relationship with the Mayor, and if he finds out what happened, will he pin a charge of collusion on us? Otherwise, why is the entire Military Fortress empty, while only a few people in our village died?"
"Not all who died were from our village, those carts and cart drivers were from the town."
"Do we go to the town now or wait for daylight?"
"Wait for daylight? It's dangerous to travel at night."
"Wait for daylight? Aren't we just handing the Mayor a big stick to beat us with?"
"Actually, they should also be searching for people now, right? The delivery carts are still in our village."
"This is bad!"
The village head no longer hesitated, waved his torch, and called out.
"No more talking, let's head back quickly."
When the village head led the able-bodied men back to the village in a hurry, the village itself was also in chaos.
The town had indeed organized a search party.
