A convoy trudged along the bumpy roads of Amelia, people with bewildered and numb faces lacking any yearning for life. They were like walking corpses, holding broken bowls or cups or similar utensils that could hold things, standing in line by the roadside.
From a distance, these people seemed devoid of life, lacking the aura of the living, making one feel uncomfortable, like living dead.
Though chaos had been going on for so long, the affected were not only the Gafura people within the Empire zone, the locals suffered too.
Every time the rebel forces launched attacks on the Gafura people, it was followed by their bloody revenge. They would conduct mass searches throughout the city; anyone suspected of being a rebel or associated with one would be dragged out for execution or sent to labor camps.
While hating the Gafura people, ironically, they were equally tormented by their own, many broke down or became numb amidst such turmoil.
