Cangyu City.
Aside from the Demon Suppression Division and the City Lord's Mansion, the Three Great Families also held sway here. Foremost among them was the Liu Family, which had put down roots in Cangyu City over a hundred years ago.
The other two, the Qi Family and the Zhao Family, had risen later. The Qi Family was a branch that had migrated from another city's lineage. In a single generation, they had built a considerable foundation here in just a few decades.
Now, word of the monster attack had reached the heads of all three families.
All three were shocked by the news. Cangyu City had not faced another monster assault in nearly a hundred years.
The greatest disturbance had been thirty years ago, when several Great Demons entered the city and wreaked havoc, leaving countless dead and wounded. It had caused a sensation at the time.
But now, only some of the elderly still remembered it.
"The military report can't be false. Old Zhang, go take a look, quickly."
Liu Shunqing, the head of the Liu Family, immediately sent a family attendant to investigate.
The other two families also sent men to investigate, and soon, confirmed reports came back one after another.
A vast horde of monsters had appeared to the north and was sweeping toward them. A rough estimate put their numbers at forty to fifty thousand.
All sorts of Mountain Spirits and Ghost Monsters were mixed among them. Clearly, they were being led by Great Demons.
These monsters had occupied the official road and blocked several other routes. Word had it that two escort companies had been ambushed and slaughtered along the trade route to the south. Jewels hidden in shipments of grain had also been found on the road.
Monsters blocked the roads, and Great