Chapter 301: Cheonma Uses Magic (10)
For the people of this world, “1565” was an unforgettable number.
It symbolized the regions the World Tree rejected, evoking the disgrace of that day when half the world was taken by the Tree Spirit King. These 1,565 areas could not be accessed or statistically analyzed without the church’s permission.
When one thought about the last record of this region being an old paper from 1975, it became clear just how much the World Tree had rejected humanity.
200 million.
200 million humans lived in slums, wandering without even a name. The number grew if you included China and India, which had not been fully disclosed. Kidnappings of nearby travelers or affiliations with crime rings were common just to survive. Humanity could be as cruel as it needed to be. Those who chose to follow their conscience had long since died. It had been nearly a century since the Tree Spirit King left.
Step. Step.
Area 68.
McAllen in Texas was one of those places completely rejected and separated from the country. By the holy decree of the World Tree, even national supplies were cut off, and the shabby slum lacked even basic road infrastructure.
The housing consisted of ruins patched up with rags. While there were some sturdy buildings made by smashing concrete, such spaces had long been taken over by the powerful.