The sun is high in the sky, next to the Rota County drill platform.

Suli and others had been squatting under the shade of a tree for two hours.

He really wanted to know how this city was formed.

And how to select one hundred people from twenty or thirty thousand in one day.

At exactly twelve o'clock, a translucent white cover suddenly appeared on the large platform with a diameter of 30 meters.

Without any monster review or witness, humans were like livestock driven into a fence, mechanically moving forward along the passage.

Until they lined up and entered the practice platform which appeared to be 30 meters in diameter, but was actually divided into 300 practice platforms in an instant.

Outside the drill stage.

Suli stared in amazement at the hole with a diameter of 30 meters, which was able to accommodate all the people in the city except the four outsiders in just half an hour.

During this period, no one with bloodline awakening characteristics of monsters noticed that their actions were not in line with human common sense.

Besides that...

"Is that spatial superposition?" Suli couldn't actually see clearly the inside of the white cover surrounding the practice platform.

Even the white hood was something he only noticed after Egbert told him about it.

"It's not quite the same as saying it's spatial superposition." Egbert shook his head. "Master Suli, do you still remember the images that the students of Asa Academy transmitted from the academy square to Jisso Town?"

"In this transmission process, it is not completed suddenly. It takes a certain amount of time."

"This time refers to the period when humans were in the world of elemental reflections."

"The reason why one platform can hold so many people is because the magic circle on the training platform is to teleport everyone from the training platform to outside the training platform. And the teleportation time, that is, the period when humans are in the elemental reflection world, is extended to before the winner is selected."

"Doesn't this mean that monsters are far more advanced than humans in the development of elemental magic circles?" Roy smacked his lips. Although he hasn't really entered the monster society yet, he has already felt the omnipresent sense of oppression.

"But this is consistent with the scene where Elvi tied Leia up with a rope, but Leia was unable to move. The rope might have been used to tie up prisoners, something that could restrict the elements."

Roy shook his head: "I really don't want to admit that our development as human beings is not as good as that of a group of non-humans."

Lan Zhe was too lazy to dwell on this topic: "Instead of thinking about this, it is better to think about what will happen after the final winner is decided."

"You know, there isn't any transformed monster watching here. This in itself means that monsters may have the ability to monitor this city."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "bang" and a person covered in blood was thrown to the ground on the rehearsal platform.

“Ah…” Lan Zhe looked at the “loser” who seemed to have been ejected from the training platform not far away, covered in blood. His face became much uglier. “It seems that it won’t take us much time to figure out whether the monitor is monitoring the entire city, or just the ultimate winner on the training platform—”

"The other thing is..." Lan Zhe turned his head and looked at Su Li.

"Are you asking me what I plan to do?" Suli immediately walked towards the "loser".

"Egg, can you give me some bandages?" Sully squatted beside the loser who was already in a trance and was still spitting blood from the corners of his mouth.

"Young Master, this is not a good idea." When Egbert responded and took action, Roy's left shoe rubbed against the ground for a while, and he said with an unclear expression, "What if that person is pretending and is prepared to attack you after being exposed, what will you do?"

"You should always be on guard against others."

However, not only did he take out the bandage, he also took over the live Egbert that Sully was going to bandage for the loser, and while bandaging him, he said to him: "Of course Lord Sully can't react. But it is precisely because Lord Sully can't react that we are valuable. If he can react and can make corresponding resistance actions, then what is the reason for our existence here?"

Egbert bandaged the wound vigorously, and a smile appeared on his face that looked kind but was actually malicious.

Just thinking about the fact that Sully had just bandaged the injured man made Egbert feel sick.

That person is covered in blood!

Before the initial war actually broke out, Lord Suli was in a bad situation just because of the fight between Euphia and the people in the Church... Now he is facing a bloody man with his own eyes, and he has to bandage him himself to save his life...

If you have a nightmare at night, who can solve it? !

Egbert chose to vent his conflicted feelings on Roy, even though he knew the purpose of Roy's words was to hope that Sully would always put his own safety first.

Roy also thought that even if someone as smart as Sully knew that nothing unexpected would happen, he could have let Egbert bandage the wound as he was doing now.

The two big masters are so dramatic that they can perform an entire stage play in a one-on-one situation.

Lan Zhe chose to ignore the two fools and fed the half-dead man a bottle of medicine that looked bad. He whispered, "This way, even if he is bandaged violently, he won't die."

Suli's mouth twitched.

But after a while, with the cooperation of Egbert and Lanzhe, as well as Roy's verbal support, the man who had just vomited blood mixed with dirty fragments gradually woke up.

"Who are you? Are you from the hospital?" After the person who was rescued regained consciousness, his expression did not show the joy of being rescued, but an inexplicable panic.

"No." Sully guessed that he was afraid of the hospital, and then said, "We just saw that your injuries were too serious..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the person being rescued visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Egbert thought that Sully came to the city to get intelligence, so he immediately began to question this monster blood awakener who had just saved his life.

"We are new here. Can you tell us why you are so afraid of the hospital?" Egbert thought for a moment and added, "The answer to this question can be regarded as the cost of our medicine for your treatment. This way, it shouldn't be difficult for you to answer."

Egbert also gave the person being rescued an excuse.

As expected, the man breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh... No wonder you asked me why I was afraid of the hospital."

"It's not so much that I'm afraid of the hospital, but rather what those people in the hospital represent."

"Those guys have the power to decide whether the first 100 people who didn't make it to the drill stage should die from their injuries or receive emergency treatment."

"It's fine to die from your injuries, but it's different to be in emergency treatment."

The person being rescued sighed deeply, lowered his head, and said sadly: "Those who were rescued need to pay a huge amount of money for treatment."

"This amount of money is comparable to the sixth month's loss compensation."

"That's a sum I can't possibly pay back. And once those guys are sure I can't pay it back, they'll just kidnap me. I don't know what will happen to me after I'm kidnapped, but the rumor in Rota County is that people who can't pay back the medical fees will be taken away by those doctors and subjected to unspeakable horrific experiments, making it impossible for them to live or die."

As he spoke, the person being treated trembled uncontrollably.

Even the pupils shrank for a time into an animal-like vertical pupil, and the speed at which the pupils trembled could really be described as a pupil earthquake.

This fear was expressed as if I had not only witnessed it with my own eyes, but also as if I had experienced it myself.

Suli suddenly began to believe what Lan Zhe said, that someone could control memory.

Otherwise, even if the person in front of you would be frightened, he would not be frightened to the point of losing his will.

The man who was being treated came back to his senses with difficulty. He trembled and said, "Thank you very much for helping me, but just telling you these things that everyone knows is not really a reward."

"So if you have anything else to ask, as long as I know, I will tell you." The man clenched his fists, and his eyes gradually changed from trembling to firmness.

The others looked at each other, and the first one to ask questions was Roy, who had not previously intervened in the treatment.

"Do you know how the 100 selected people will be taken away?"

The man replied, "After the decision is made, we will all gather on the practice stage and then be sent away amidst everyone's envy and celebration."

"What about the destination?" Roy asked.

The man looked confused and said, "I don't know."

Egbert pushed Roy aside and said to the man, "Change the question."

"Do you know how many people are unable to pay the housing fee this month?" Housing fee and failure fee mean the same thing.

The face of the person being rescued suddenly turned ugly.

He smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know about others, but I must be the one who can't pay the full amount this time. I have paid the housing fee three times. The first time was 100 gold coins, the second time was 200 gold coins, the third time was 400 gold coins, and this time's 800 gold coins are obviously wealth that I can't save enough."

Lan Zhe pulled Egbert aside and asked the man in front of him: "Do you still remember your memories in the human world? In other words, do you know which city you were born in?"

"Of course I remember, I was born in Sardina!" The man answered very firmly, but then he looked confused and asked, "Where is Sardina?"

"Why do I feel like I've always been in Rota County..." He covered his head with his hand, his face showing pain.

It can be confirmed that everyone who comes to this city has their memory affected.

Sully wanted to explain to him that it was the city of mercenaries, the hometown of many mercenaries, but what finally came out was: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't remember it clearly. People will always forget some memories when they grow up."

Perhaps it was because Sully's voice was too quiet, the man's face no longer looked painful.

Lan Zhe asked again: "If you can't pay the housing fee this month, when will you be taken away?"

"The end of the month." It's the beginning of the month.

"Then do you mind if I give you a physical examination?" The identity of a pharmacologist told Lan Zhe that this test could reveal important things.

"Of course." The man nodded decisively.

Perhaps he still felt that Suli and others asked for too little.

However, compared to the so-called hospital doctor, Suli and others only asked questions, used the money for his treatment, and even gave him a physical examination afterwards. They looked like angels.

After that, they decided to go directly to the hotel they found yesterday.

Lan Zhe used professional techniques to give the man, Joel, a complete physical examination.

The conclusion is -

"Joel's brain was obscured by a mass of elements. This mass of elements has the ability to mislead cognition and thinking. Joel still remembers Sadina because he did not lose his memory, but his memory was obscured by the elements. As for why he had a headache after mentioning Sadina, my conclusion is that Joel triggered the element's masking effect on human emotions."

"Joel still has memories of being in human society, but those things seem like movies to him, and cannot be defined with accurate emotions. The city of Sardina that came to his mind was a shadow that aroused emotions. After the shadow triggered the automatic counterattack ability of the elemental group, Joel felt the pain as if his brain was pierced. When he chose to abandon this part of the emotion, he returned to normal."

After Lan Zhe walked out of the room, he slowly took off the gloves he used for inspection.

Joel in the room seemed to be insane while examining the element. His eyes were moving so fast that they seemed to fly out of their sockets. Lan Zhe, who could not concentrate because of his behavior, knocked him out with a single blow.

"This part of the elements also has the characteristics of information coverage, such as the rules of Rota County." said the Dark Son.

"You know, when I heard the name of this place, I wanted to ask the person who named it why a city was named a county."

After Lan Zhe used the elements to destroy the gloves, he clapped his hands and said, "Ignore these unimportant things. After research... no, after physical examination, the conclusion drawn is that in addition to the above, this element can be eliminated by using medicine and the combined power of the light element and the dark element."

"I'm really glad that Mavis had previously achieved the fusion of light and dark elements, otherwise I might not have thought of this solution."

"You said too much irrelevant nonsense." Egbert was too lazy to talk to Lan Zhe, who was a little excited because of his medical research. He said, "Lord Suli must be concerned about how to remove the elemental groups in the brains of those who have awakened the monster bloodline on a large scale."

Sully nodded: "Indeed."

Those who cannot pay the loss fee will be taken away at the end of the month. Those who could not pay last month must have been taken away before the practice platform was opened.

This means they will have nearly a month of free time.

Of course, this requires another premise.

That is the time Elvi uses Leia to negotiate with the water tribe.

That is a number that cannot be accurately estimated.

Suli didn't consider it for the time being. He just wanted to resolve the elemental groups in the minds of the people in this city.

Without forgetting the past, they have lost the emotions to judge the present situation, causing everyone to inexplicably abide by the cruel rules set by the monsters...

Seriously, this is terrible.

After Sully affirmed, Egbert nodded and said, "Then our next goal is to study how to remove the elemental groups in the brains of the residents of Rota County on a large scale, and to tell them the truth about the awakened monster bloodline."

"Two tasks. Lan Zhe said that it takes light elements and dark elements to disarm the elemental group, so why don't you two form a team, and I will take the young master to tell those people the truth." Roy suddenly became interested.

He seldom spent time alone with Suli. The last time he was alone with Suli, which he remembered vividly, was when he took Suli to an alchemy tool shop in Sadina City.

Egbert stared at him and narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean by being so excited?"

"What do you mean by telling others the truth? Your real purpose is to take Lord Suli around this city."

"Can you talk? We are clearly here to gather detailed information." Roy had already walked to Sully's side.

"Besides, why do you care so much? Doing your job well is the greatest help to the young master."

The vein on Egbert's forehead jumped uncontrollably. He pressed it back hard and said in a deliberately low voice, "Idiot."

"Without emotions, it's useless to tell the truth."