They took the main street until they reached the wall. There's guards there. They didn't check anyone who passed the gate, and they didn't look like slacking their job.

"seems they only check people when it's dark or night"

They passed the wall without any problem. A green field welcomed them the moment they out from the gate, but that's not what made them suprised.

"sir Yana....the water in the river....." Shanti approached the river

"what make this thing happened?" Ragha was confused

"....i think this is not the problem"

"what do you mean sir Yana? but....the water....."

Yana crouched and took some water with his hand.

"yes, the water is black....but i think this is what the water should look like"

"no way sir Yana, i never see a black water like this.."

"ahaha, never see it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, right?"

"su..sure, but still.."

Yana sipped the water. Shanti showed a worried face.

"are you sure about that..."

"hmm, it's a fresh water, but something is wrong indeed.."

"you're right savior. This is the taste of.....blood"

"blood? now you've mentioned it..."

Yana came closer at Ragha and patted him.

"good job! as expected from a Half-beast"

"!! tha....thank you savior" He didn't expect that

"ah sorry, I'm always doing that to Shanti. It's become a habit"

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"it's okay savior, I'll take that as a compliment for me"

"ahaha, it is" Yana smiled

"so tell me sir Yana, why do you say that this water should be black like this?"

"there are two things Shanti. First, Lorick said that the quality of the water is become less drinkable than before. That's mean, the colour of the water isn't the problem here"

"and why is that?"

"because if the water shouldn't have this colour, he would said that the water became black or weird. Instead, he only said that the quality of the water became less drinkable"

"you're right...again, i don't realize that.."

"i must agree this time because you miss that" Yana pointed to a direction

"what do you mean..." Shanti turned her sight

She could see some children played in the river and drank the water. Their were not showing any unusual expression.

"ah...to think I'm missing that" Her ears were down

"you can learn from your mistake, don't worry"

"understood.."

Yana followed the river stream to see where its upstream came from. He could see its leading to the mountain.

"let's we find out"

Shanti crouched and took a position to carry him.

"I'll rely on you again today"

"it's my pleasure sir Yana"

She carried Yana and used her beast mode to get at their destination as fast as she could. They entered the forest and kept heading deeper to reach the river's upstream. After ten minutes, they started could see the upstream. It was a big waterfall and the top was quite high.

"hmm, will take time to climb up there...for me"

He looked at them and gave a signal for them to climb and look the situation there for him.

"understood savior"

Shanti and Ragha climbed up in no time. Such kind of thing was really easy for them. Yana waited for their report, yet three minutes passed and they didn't say anything.

"Shanti! Ragha! do you find something?"

There's still no reply from them. He knew, they're not facing something dangerous. Even so, his mind already thought about several possibilities.

Shanti showed herself after few minutes passing by, and she didn't looked so good.

"si....sir Yana.....there are.."

"yes Shanti, how's the situation up there?"

"there are lot of corpses.....they..."

"they aren't human's corpses right?"

"yes....they are.....elf..."

"elf.....now now, this is something that will change everything....."

He shouted at them.

"I'll climb up! give me a hand here!"

The idea was him being pulled by Shanti and Ragha, so he could climb faster to the top of upstream. With those Half-beast's help, he easily arrived at the top.

He could see a lot of elf corpses and all of them were in a miserable condition. Some of them were just let drowned in the water, and the others were just laid on the ground.

"ten, twenty, twenty five.....this is a massacre indeed"

"-grrrrr- is this human's doing savior?!" Ragha showed his teeth

"most likely. At the very least, they are involved"

Yana approached some of the corpses and found some of same pattern on every corpse.

"hmm....this commander.....truly an embodiment of evil" He showed an unpleasant expression on his face

-----( Chapter 58 "Raven's tears river" )-----