The battle finally came to an end.
Adventurers, Guards, and reinforcements from the Kingdom of Avalon started to gather the dead bodies of the brave defenders who had valiantly given their all to protect the Town of Thaloria.
However, Alex didn't join them, unable to stomach close proximity to dead bodies, let alone carry them.
For most of his life, he had been an ordinary person on Earth. Since he had neither been a medical practitioner nor a soldier, he was understandably not used to seeing dead people.
"You don't have to feel so down," said Cairo to his disciple after seeing the latter seated on a wall that had collapsed in the battle earlier. "You've done your best, and things would have been worse if you hadn't insisted on coming back to help the people of this town.
