Sure enough, when they reached the outskirts of the western pastures, the water level was still just as high. According to the feedback from the school of fish in her mental link, the bottom was at least five or six meters below the surface.
Finally, upon reaching the nearest dairy farm, they found its buildings and fences had been shattered into debris floating on the water. Forget about dairy cows; there wasn't so much as a single cow hair in sight.
So, the group continued their journey, riding on the giant crab. After searching three farms, they finally spotted dairy cows at the fourth one, a farm on the farthest outskirts of Argent.
The first thing they saw, however, were several cow carcasses floating on the water. As they rode the giant crab closer, Flora Bloom took a careful look at a few of them. The marks on their bodies were clearly deep, bloody holes.
