Tonight was a sleepless night for many families.
The sudden roar of gunfire and artillery echoed over the residential areas around Sacred Plaza.
The howls of unknown creatures and people's screams soon followed.
The residents trembled in fear.
People shut their doors and windows tight, whispering anxiously among themselves, with no idea what had happened.
The Rapp family was no exception.
The family gathered in the living room, waiting helplessly.
Every burst of gunfire and every howl made Marty and Lilith's hearts leap.
Marty held Lilith close, her voice trembling. "God-Emperor, what is happening?"
She was terrified. This all resembled that terrible disaster five years ago far too much.
Rebel Heretics had stormed into Sacred Plaza and seized people from the surrounding residential areas for blood sacrifices.
Those poor people had been dismembered by the Heretics, made into inverted crosses, and hung dripping with blood from the God-Emperor Statue!
The rebel Heretics had even charged right up to Lapp House's door.
If the Custodes sent by the Governor had not arrived in time, their entire family would probably have been made into sacrifices!
After that night, Marty discovered that nearly all the official families nearby had been slaughtered by the Heretics.
Many friends and familiar faces had vanished.
Only the Rapp family had survived by sheer luck.
It had truly been a terrifying nightmare!
And now, was that terrible nightmare about to repeat itself?
Marty prayed helplessly:
"Have the rebel Heretics come again?
Oh no, we're finished!
Great God-Emperor, merciful Governor, please protect the Rapp family!"
"Brother, what's happening outside? I'm so scared!"
Lilith looked at her brother worriedly.
Devere crouched down and ruffled Lilith's hair.
"It's all right. Don't be afraid.
There are only scattered sounds of fighting outside right now. It isn't an army attacking.
If it really