689-Where's the Ace Tank Crew? Someone Save Us with Gold Coin Rounds!

The situation at Blackflame Pass had already begun to collapse, and Shadowvale was consequently thrown into a flurry of activity. Things grew especially hectic after the first batch of evacuated civil servants explained what was happening. The wounded soldiers of the People's Army recuperating here immediately sprang into action.

They knew the moment in the governor's plan had arrived.

No further explanation was needed. The People's Army immediately mobilized under its commanders. Some headed to Blackflame Pass to assist the retreating forces, while the rest stayed behind to maintain order.

This was Governor Murphy's final order to the Cadman People's Army before he was assassinated. They had to protect this lifeline.

Blackflame Pass might fall, but the defenders had to be brought back safely. Preserving these forces would give Transia a better chance in the battles ahead against the werewolf army.

Lady Vilanth, who had been sent back in advance to take command here, also gave all the players in Shadowvale orders to assemble and assist with the rescue.

The good news was that, as the "Black Calamity frontline main city," the valley had a fair number of players.

The bad news was that seven or eight hundred players of wildly varying ability would have a hard time turning the tide in a crisis like the fall of Blackflame Pass. Maybe if there were ten times as many, they'd have a chance.

However, the veteran tank commanders who had been practicing piloting steam walkers in Shadowvale these past few days received orders too, and they immediately grew restless.

A guy with the ID "Hell Tiger" stood excitedly atop the walker assigned to his three-man crew, delivering a rousing pre-battle speech to all fifteen members of the five crews.

Over the past few days, they'd finished "painting" the walker.

They'd dyed