The reason it was suspected of being a 'city' was because of its incredibly tall walls; from a distance, they looked at least a dozen stories high.
And their length was equally exaggerated, almost stretching out of sight. However, Ellie had an impression of these towering walls.
When she was adventuring in the Slane Theocracy, there was a section of wall about ten meters high on the outskirts of the Jiao Country Capital that was just as tall, while the rest of the walls were of normal height. It was clear that this section of the wall had a sense of age, looking like it had been left from that time!
"Uh… this city is a bit too exaggerated, isn't it?" Arute exclaimed after seeing the endless city walls.
"Such towering walls are needed, it seems the locals here are fighting against very formidable monsters," the uncle said.
"Let's not get too excited too soon. We don't know if the residents of this city are normal humans. For all we know, to them, we are the monsters," Lan added, completing the thought.
What he said was indeed true; to the Dragon Race that now ruled this world, these few standing here were truly like 'monsters'.
Although Ellie understood Lan's meaning—that they didn't know if the creatures living in the city were human, and perhaps humans didn't even exist as a species in this world—of course, Ellie, having read the script, naturally knew that Lan's worries were quite superfluous.
"Then, Lan, I'll trouble you with this," Arute said to Lan.
"Alright! You all wait here, I'll go check out the situation first." Lan smiled confidently, then vanished in a flash.
Seeing him so confident now, completely different from when he first transmigrated a week ago, was due to the fact that he had crushed almost all the magical beasts he encountered on the way. So, Lan had somewhat regained his confidence, which was probably thanks to the recent battles!
Aside from intentionally avoiding the Dragon Race, they basically hadn't encountered any magical beasts that could be called opponents. In fact, with their current strength, unless a Dragon King appeared, they could practically crush even those Dragon Race members. It was just that their common sense from the World Tree game limited their courage.
After all, dragon-type creatures are representatives of powerful monsters in any RPG game, and they also knew that apart from the resurrection short staff in Ellie's hand, they wouldn't get a second chance if they died, so caution was appropriate.
So, Sierxia once again activated the concealment barrier. Since Lan was gone and they were on the edge of the city, Livia-san was also asked to cast a transparency barrier to hide everyone's figures.
Everyone largely remained silent, quietly waiting for information. During the wait, they saw flying dragons emerge from the towering walls multiple times. Basically, seeing dragons entering and exiting, everyone's hearts sank halfway.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Lan returned with a grim face. Seeing his expression, everyone clearly knew that the news he brought back was definitely not good news, especially after seeing the dragons coming and going… it already explained a lot.
"How is it?" Arute asked with a solemn expression.
"I… I… don't know what to say." Completely different from his confident departure earlier, Lan's expression clearly showed that he had witnessed a very uncomfortable scene. His face was ashen, and as he spoke, he seemed to be enduring something.
"What exactly did you see? Is that a city of the Dragon Race?" the uncle quickly asked.
"From what I saw, it can't be called a city at all… it's…" Lan gritted his teeth, his face full of anger.
"It's a Ranch… a very, very large Ranch," Lan continued.
"A Dragon Race Ranch? The Dragon Race here actually engages in farming? It seems in this world, the Dragon Race is the civilized species? So what are those dragons raising?" the uncle sighed after hearing this.
"Humans…" Lan whispered. As these two words came out, everyone froze, except for Ellie, who already knew the plot.
"What did you say? Do you mean that the Dragon Race chasing us are bred by humans?" Arute couldn't accept it for a moment, thinking he had misheard, wondering if Lan had said something in reverse.
"I said! We humans are being raised like livestock by the Dragon Race!" Lan lost control of his emotions for a moment and roared it out.
"What did you say! What on earth did you see!" Arute immediately went over and grabbed Lan's shoulders, urging him.
"I… just now, I bypassed the Dragonoid guards, climbed up that city wall, and then saw… a nauseating sight. Humans… just like pig farms in our world, were all naked and confined in a large cage. Beside the cage, there were piles of already slaughtered human bodies. Those Dragonoids were processing those bodies. And on the other side… I… I also saw… those humans, under the supervision of Dragonoids and dragons, engaging in unrestrained… inter…" Lan described the horrifying scene he had witnessed.
Although mentally prepared, Ellie was still a bit startled. While Demiurge had set up a Ranch in the Holy Kingdom, it wasn't that excessive!
Were the Dragon Race from six hundred years ago really that detestable? But then again, aren't humans also like this?
In the real world, haven't humans also subjected many creatures to similar methods of rearing?
Well! After all, in the real world, humans are the masters. However, in this world, the Dragon Race are the masters, so it's not surprising that humans are treated this way.
"What kind of world is this! We humans actually… actually…" Livia-san said, trembling with a look of horror.
"A world where the strong prey on the weak…" Sierxia still appeared very calm. Even if she had any emotions, they would be forcibly suppressed by her composure.
…And Ellie said nothing, only showing a very serious and solemn expression.
After a long silence, Lan spoke again.
"Captain, what should we do?" The 'captain' Lan referred to was Arute. After all, during this time, almost all battles had been commanded by Arute, and everyone had tacitly agreed that he was the leader of the team.
Lan directly called him Captain, and Arute himself had revealed during casual conversations that he was a guild raid leader when he was still in the game.
"I… don't know." Arute also seemed very lost at this moment, and everyone was extremely disheartened, never expecting to transmigrate to such a horrific world.
"I understand now… why God sent us to this world."
It was about time, she thought. It was her turn to take the stage. Ellie stepped forward, intending to begin persuading them to push the world in the correct direction.
Sierxia just quietly watched Ellie's performance and didn't say anything.
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