"Oh no! Monsters, monsters are coming!"
The guards at the sentry post ran down the hill in panic.
"Don't panic. Tell me how many monsters there are?"
"A lot!" the guard gasped. "They're everywhere. Everywhere you look, there are monsters. They're like a line, heading towards us!"
Rumble...
As if to confirm his words, the ground began to tremble.
Even without seeing it, one could understand that it was the noise caused by countless monsters running.
For a moment, the crowd became panicked.
"Don't panic—!"
Lezelian yelled.
"Throw away all heavy objects immediately, and everyone set off as fast as possible!"
People immediately took action as instructed.
All the baggage and suitcases were thrown away, and some people even untied their mounts and abandoned the heavy carriages.
Soon, this team, mostly composed of ordinary people, hastily embarked on the journey to escape to the north.
But soon they discovered a despairing fact.
"No! We can't escape at this rate. We'll be caught up!"
Even without any luggage, their speed was no match for the monster army, and it was only a matter of time before they were caught up.
"Damn it... Is it just a matter of sacrificing some people to stop it?"
Just as Lezelian was hesitating.
"roar--!"
Above the clouds.
A giant dragon swooped down.
Boom——!
The dragon breathed out towards the earth, and a huge wall of fire rose from the ground where the breath passed.
"roar!"
After two or three times back and forth.
The dragon turned around and flew towards the group of people in Mente Town.
When flying overhead.
whoosh!
A figure jumped down from the dragon's back.
"Dad! Mother! Are you okay?"
"Amen? Why are you here?!"
Lezelian and the people from Ment Town stopped moving forward, all staring in surprise at the young man who fell from the sky.
Yamen said helplessly:
"Don't ask me. I still want to know why you are here. I went to Mentor Town to look for you, but no one was there. I was so scared that I thought you all met with an accident."
"Ahem."
Lezelian coughed twice with an unnatural expression.
"...I heard there's an evacuation point in the capital, so I want to take everyone there."
Upon hearing this, Yamen couldn't help but hold his forehead.
"Dad, do you know how many people are there right now? And we're one of them!"
"Really? It's a good thing I found you in time, otherwise you would have been in trouble..."
Yamen started to chatter incessantly.
Lezelian moved his mouth, wanting to refute something, but Lilia pulled him back, shook her head at him, and said softly:
"See, I told you before, even if you don't want the children to go out of their way to take care of us, there's no way they won't do it."
"I..." Lezelian was speechless and could only sigh helplessly.
"Alas, I'm really getting old..."
"Hey, old man, are you listening—ah, Miss Semiris?"
Yamen was about to continue complaining when he suddenly received a signal from someone.
He covered his right ear and nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes, I have found it. Yes, please open a door for me. Thank you very much."
Swish!
A blue light appeared out of nowhere in the crowd.
Soon, a small space channel appeared in front of everyone.
Yamen quickly waved to everyone.
"Well, time is running out. Igneel can't hold on for much longer. We need to retreat."
Ten minutes later.
"roar!"
The dragon roared and flew away.
In the wilderness, the group of refugees had disappeared, leaving only a pile of baggage behind.
Not long after, the luggage was trampled into pieces by the sweeping army of monsters.
... ...
Langard.
In front of Manax School of Magic.
Many students are protesting.
"Why don't you let us go to the battlefield!"
"We can fight too!"
"Refuse to accept protection!"
“… …”
The demon army was right in front of them, but the students of Manakos were forced to retreat to the World Tree, which caused dissatisfaction among many students.
"Be quiet!"
A cold voice sounded.
The protesting students subconsciously shut up.
For the students of Manakos, the name Grisha is synonymous with the devil teacher.
Especially after losing an eye on the battlefield of the Demon Continent, he became even more oppressive.
"Dear students."
In stark contrast, Dean Holstein's voice had a power that could calm people down.
"I understand where you're coming from."
"I know you're brave, and you're not cowards who would retreat in the face of demons. However, bravery doesn't mean recklessness. Have you ever thought about what would happen to Himlir if you died here?"
“… …” The protesting crowd fell silent for a moment.
"Everyone of Manax, please do not be short-sighted or impulsive. The responsibility on your shoulders is greater than you imagine. Your only mission now is to survive this catastrophe—to serve as the spark of our civilization..."
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