Hundreds of thousands of mutated creatures attacked villages with populations of only a few hundred and towns with populations of only a few thousand. It was nothing short of a one-sided, bloody massacre!
Countless villagers and natives were swallowed alive and torn apart by these monsters that had appeared out of nowhere. Some were even used as vessels for laying eggs. In endless despair, they could only watch as the monsters implanted eggs into their bodies, then watch helplessly as some unknown type of creature fed on their flesh and blood from within, nourishing itself before bursting out of their stomachs and gnawing on their bodies right in front of them. The visual horror was far more torturous than the agonizing pain!
Screams, cries, and despair spread throughout the outskirts of Stormwind City. War was often this cruel—
By the time Chen Shanshan and the others fled back to Kakin Town, they were already utterly exhausted. But Mike still didn't dare let them fall asleep. Instead, he had them meditate as much as possible and adjust their condition.
Not to mention that any danger that might appear was impossible to predict—even if they had plenty of time to sleep, Mike still wouldn't let them do so. Fatigue after a long journey was different from ordinary exhaustion. If they fell asleep immediately after exercising their muscles so intensely, their muscles would definitely be sore and weak when they woke up, which would be extremely disadvantageous for any battle that might follow.
Mike understood this principle, and so did those support soldiers. After all, they had been born in the Abyss. In that environment where the strong preyed on the weak, all those demons knew how to keep their bodies combat-ready.
Without waiting for Mike to say anything, they all sat cross-legged