The urgent alarm bells rang throughout Leighton Town. Church Knights and priests in white robes rode through the streets, gathering every townsman who might be left behind. At the same time, wind Spellcasters flew from the town church to every corner of the town, loudly announcing the emergency evacuation order.
Groups of Knights also rode out of town toward the scattered villages and various garrisons to the north and south. Columns of teleportation light continually flared above the mage hall behind the church, carrying other personnel to distant areas to organize evacuations. Although most of Beinz Diocese was covered by mountains and jungles and thus sparsely populated, many small villages besides Leighton Town were still scattered near the defensive line. These villages were also part of the defensive line. Like Leighton Town, they were half-civilian, half-military fortresses. Between them lay a series of Church Knights' garrisons and watchtowers. Together, these units formed the "Holy Lake Defense Line." Now, every resident had to be notified to evacuate Beinz Diocese, so everyone in town with strong mobility had been dispatched. The Knights were responsible for notifying nearby villages, while the mages spared no expense teleporting to remote areas to organize evacuations. It was a race against time. The locals had only two days left.
The sudden order for a mass evacuation left the townsfolk and ordinary soldiers utterly bewildered. No one knew why such an unbelievable order had been issued—all personnel, whether or not they held church positions, had to leave Beinz Holy Land within two days. If the order had not been personally signed by Diocesan Chief Geldon and Marshal Ofra, the order alone might have caused unprecedented chaos. But with the two highest-ranking officials of Beinz Diocese in command, along with a joint declaration from four high-ranking ascetics, the vague