The system's appearance shocked me.
She had come for only one reason: to tell me that in this battle against the Great Barren Tribe People, I could rely only on myself.
Of course, she had also given me a chance to leave this place, but I refused.
Since I had already promised to stay and fight, and even the doctor supported me, I would not be able to forgive myself if I backed down simply because the system said the enemy was powerful.
Jiang Ziyan was right. Whether the people in Phantom Sea truly existed or not, in this Phantom Sea instance, every one of them was a living person. They had the right to survive.
No one had the right to take that away from them.
I was the master of the manor, and the manor was Phantom Sea's last hope. If I led the people of the manor away, what would happen when the people of Phantom Sea fell into the hands of the Great Barren Tribe People? The Great Barren Tribe People had clearly come with ill intent. If they had come seeking peaceful coexistence, they would not have been so eager to drive the manor's forces out of Phantom Sea.
They seemed to have figured it out long ago. If they wanted to take Phantom Sea, the manor was their greatest obstacle. Even if the manor's strength could not truly contend with them, it could still tear a huge chunk of flesh from them and make them feel pain.
That was why they had sent someone to deliver their final ultimatum.
To put it bluntly, they were unwilling to go to war with us directly. They wanted to offer courtesy before resorting to force.
No, they had not shown us any courtesy at all.
They had