Chapter 54: I'll Take Your Damn Head!

It was already noon. Even though August had rolled into early autumn, the sunlight still burned like poison. On a shaded path southeast of Palepop Town, a group trudged forward. Several tall yet crude wagons rattled along with their luggage. Most of the people were the old, the weak, and women with children. Every face was drawn and ashen, as if the color had been wrung out of them. "Mom, why do we have to leave Palepop Town like this?" "I don't want to go to Grandma's… Waaah…" A few children...