Wilbur wove through the crowds, listening in on their conversations and picking up useful bits of information.


    Ten dayster, one of the beacbers suddenly looked up at the sky with a frown before saying, "It''s been almost twenty days since a mirage showed up. I thought mirages were supposed to appear for days at a time?"


    "You can''t be too sure about anything. Maybe the humidity levels have dropped recently, so the mirages can''t take shape."


    "A mirage is just an image made of refractions of the sun. There''s nothing special about them. People just find them interesting."


    "Honestly, I''m more concerned about the wars on Burd Bay than any mirage."


    "Burd Bay''s at war all year long, man. The refugees from the countries around Skermann have been flocking to Skermann like crazy, and it''s only made the lives of us Skermann locals worse."


    "I wouldn''t agree with what you just said. War is something no one desires, and all human beings are equal. They shouldn''t be discriminated against."


    "You''re not wrong, but the truths speak for themselves. I''m willing to bet that Skermann''s not going to like having such a burden for much longer, and we''ll be swept into the war as well."


    The beacbers'' conversation was a harsh reminder to Wilbur. He returned to the inn at night and called La to have her send the number of refugees who had fled from the wars across Burd Bay to Skermann.


    On top of that, Wilbur also told La to measure the capacity and strength of Skermann as a nation to estimate its limits.


    Skermann was also a part of Burd Bay, and the only good apple left of the bunch. That made protecting the nation and predicting its future very important.


    It was not long before La sent her calctions to Wilbur''s phone, who promptly froze after looking through everything as he let out a gasp.


    La had calcted that Skermann was seventh in terms of size across Burd Bay. A small nation like this was bound to have weak capacity, and La even provided a reference.


    Based on the estimation of Skermann''s capabilities, the country could only hold a maximum of three million refugees while still maintaining its economy.


    However, there were over five million refugees in the nation at that moment. They had fled from many countries all across Burd Bay, and the number was still rising steadily. It was far more than Skermann''s economy could handle.


    Which was to say that Skermann''s national economy was in serious danger right


    now.