Division and Stabilization

"As I said, didn't I?"

"Why did you know the City Lord would flee?"

"Hmph... You really thought she would live or die with Lone Star?"

The only ones who truly clung to such rotten notions were probably these old people who still lived in the past.

"The City Lord is the prince's trusted confidante and favorite. How could she die in the demons' siege?"

Perhaps she really was one of the few capable people in Ironblood...

But she was still far from possessing the awareness of an old legend like Ling Feng.

"..."

Pale-faced, Ling Feng coughed violently and spat out several mouthfuls of blood...

Only now did he realize it.

He and his old comrades had long since been completely isolated... There was no one left who shared their ideals and could face hardships together...

"Know it now? Current Ironblood is full of selfish people. Never mind the younger generation—even the army is filled with them."

"Those willing to sacrifice themselves to fight the Abyss... have long since vanished completely."

The moment Xuan Sheng entered the City Lord's Mansion and stopped, the rigid notification sound from Heaven's Silence rang out as well—

[Lone Star has been conquered by the demons—ownership of the main city has changed]

[You have obtained the City Lord's Token]

The token on the desk inside the City Lord's Mansion flew over and landed in Xuan Sheng's hand.

"...Since things have come to this, how will we handle everything afterward?"

Heartbroken, Ling Feng's face was filled with sorrow!

"Lone Star is still the same Lone Star as before. As for the territories outside the city that originally belonged to the demons, they naturally have to be returned to them."

Lone Star's urban district had once been a checkpoint against the Abyss.

Beyond Lone