Several crows hovered in the sky above the gully and shouted rattle. Sophia stood by the roadside, feeling cold in her heart.

Dead babies were piled up at the bottom of the gully, some had rotted into bones, while others seemed to have not been left for long, and it looked at least more than a hundred.

The smell in the air was disgusting, and the pungent smell penetrated into the nostrils, causing the girl to roll in her belly, and she couldn't help but turn around and vomit...

Sophia did not recover slightly until she vomited all the food she had eaten.

However, the pale face and slightly trembling body mean that the girl was not at peace at this moment.

"I said everything, I won't let you see it."

Demacia sighed, dismounted and walked over.

He glanced at the dead baby at the bottom of the ravine and said to other mage players who were traveling with him:

"Burn it, and chant a soul-cleaning spell. Even if it is a baby, no matter how it is, there may be no undead."

Several players nodded and called on the priests who were on the verge of the trench to start dealing with the corpses at the bottom of the ravine.

Sophia looked at the busy elves and her eyes became more and more dazed.

"Why... Why is this happening? The imperial law and the eternal Scripture prohibit abandoned babies, why are there so many corpses of babies here?"

She murmured unacceptably.

"Because I can't raise it... I can't afford it after giving birth, so I can only throw it away secretly."

Demacia shook her head and said.

"Can't you raise it? Do you have to throw it away if you can't raise it? Suffocate it to death? How can they bear it?!"

Sophia said angrily.

"What should I do? Civilians are already poor, and there are children born unexpectedly in human cities almost every few days, and I can't afford to raise them. What should I do if you let civilians do?"

Demacia sneered.

"You can give it to the church for raising it. The Eternal Church already has an adoption house!"

The girl argued.

Demacia shook her head:

"Miss Sophia, you're still too young. Do you know how many similar abandoned babies will appear in a town in a year? How many can the church adopt? And, where are they?"

Sophia was stunned.

At this time, she remembered that the Eternal Church in Hewan Town had evacuated with the nobles...

“Besides…”

Demacia continued:

"This is a good situation, at least it means that the poor can still survive. If they really can't survive, you can't even see these dead babies."

Hearing this, Sophia was stunned:

"Why?"

Demacia was silent for a moment and said:

"If you really can't get through it, it's anything that can be eaten? It won't be thrown away."

Sophia's face turned paler:

"You mean...you mean..."

Demacia sighed:

"Yes, something like cannibalism is not impossible."

"This... how is this possible?! Such a demonic behavior? How could it happen within the empire!"

Hearing such shocking content, the girl felt dizzy.

"How is it impossible? Don't say anything else, wait for the Maple Leaf Leader to start a war? If the war is stalemate? Miss Sophia, guess what I said will happen?"

Demacia said coldly.

Hearing this, Sophia was speechless.

The ignition lights ignited in the ravines, and the elves' chantings came faintly. Looking at the hazy flames, the girl's eyes gradually became blurred.

"Is this... the real situation of the civilians in the empire..."

Her voice was trembling, with a hint of pleading and hope in her tone, as if she wanted to get a negative answer from Demacia.

But Demacia's answer made the girl feel like she fell into the abyss:

"Yes, this is the current situation of civilians outside the wealthy area? It is already very good for them to be able to live hard."

"Where is magic! The nobles have so many loyal magicians? Why don't there be magicians help them! Just one natural magic can double the yield of crops, right?!"

The girl said angrily.

"Miss Sophia? You're going to ask yourself? Are you also a noble? Has the mage loyal to your family ever done something similar?"

Demacia asked back.

Hearing this sentence, Sophia's anger instantly extinguished like a fire of ice and snow...

She opened her mouth and was completely speechless.

Use magic to improve the lives of civilians?

No……

She knows it.

No noble mage is willing to do this.

For the nobles, magic is a symbol of knowledge, a tool for solid status, and a powerful force.

In the eyes of magicians, magic is noble and they disdain to do these small things.

Even if Sophia herself is willing to use magic to improve the lives of civilians, it may be difficult to promote it.

This is a matter of concept.

"What about the church... civilians are the greatest source of faith... Doesn't the eternal church care about these things? Will the church use divine art to improve the lives of civilians?"

Sophia asked again.

"Church? Why does the church improve the lives of civilians? Are the church's divine arts all blowing from strong winds?"

Demacia shook her head.

After pausing, he added:

"Miss Sophia, maybe you don't know much about the operation of the church. That's it. As a veteran, I'll tell you a cruel fact."

"For the Eternal Church, occasionally showing miracles and using some small magic to treat the illnesses of devout believers, this approach is much more cost-effective than spending a lot of effort to improve the lives of believers."

"Because people in despair will have more longing for hope and more firm in their faith..."

"For the church, collecting faith is the ultimate goal and saving the people? What is that? Do you think the Eternal Lord is the God of Life who cares about all things?"

Demacia sneered.

After hearing his words, Sophia shook her body and stood there in a daze.

The flames in the ditch gradually faded, and the elves' chanting slowly stopped.

Demacia glanced at the sky and said:

"Let's go, Miss Sophia, let's get faster, and you'll be able to attend the nobles' dinner in Morning Star City tonight."

After saying that, he turned over and left the ravine first.

Sophia pursed her lips.

She clasped her hands tightly, and finally let go weakly, then she was so in a daze that she boarded the horse with the help of other elves and kept up with Demacia's pace...

After leaving Hewan Town, the team continued to move forward.

However, compared to the lively bustle at the beginning, the escort team is much quieter at this moment.

"I know "Elf Kingdom" is very real, but I didn't expect it to be so real. The magical version of the Middle Ages is so miserable..."

In the team chat channel, Meng Zhihan couldn't help typing.

"Maybe darker than the real world, after all... the civilians in the real world will rebel if they are too anxious. There are many examples of civilians killing the king and replacing it with another king in Western history, but in the game... ordinary people who cannot control extraordinary power are just leeks."

Demacia typed.

"Really, what's the real thing about doing? I'm so depressed. QAQ..."

Qiqi posted a facial expression on the channel.

"That's why we are there. No game will completely design some meaningless plots. Since "Elf Kingdom" shows us such a dark human world, then... I think we players should eventually need to make changes. After all, one of the main tasks of "Elf Kingdom" is to help the goddess spread faith. Without comparison, there is no harm."

...

Players were talking in the chat channel, while Sophia, a half-elf girl who was walking with them, was completely silent.
To be continued...