Standing before the broad floor-to-ceiling window, Lucas's heart pounded ever harder.
He had been to war in his youth, and it was then that he had honed his keen instinct for danger.
Perhaps he had long sensed his own vulnerability subconsciously, which was why he had always felt uneasy.
Once his conscious mind noticed it, that unease began to affect his thinking.
Although he had already sent people to mobilize the heavily armed troops, the feeling of unease continued to make his heart race.
He even began assessing his situation from a tactical perspective: if they were Transcendent Knights, they could launch an assault directly through this floor-to-ceiling window. They could withstand conventional tactical weapons and carry out targeted attacks.
With that thought, he finally realized the ultimate source of his unease.
Lucas immediately turned around. "Let's go. We're heading to the safe house."
A place like the Ministry of Defense Building had conspicuous senior officials' offices, but naturally, it also had all sorts of functional facilities.
The safe house was one of them. Even if they believed an enemy invasion was an absurd possibility that would never occur, they had still prepared for the worst.
Moreover, every Minister of Defense would always make various adjustments.
Even an official most familiar with this place could not possibly guess where his safe house was.
The secretary's expression was strange. He could not understand the minister's seemingly sudden madness.
But carrying out orders required no understanding.
"Guards, escort the Minister to the safe house. Prepare for combat."
At Lucas's instruction, the Ministry of Defense Building simply sounded the alarm and launched a drill.
Such sudden drills were not unprecedented.
No military unit would find them unfamiliar.
But Yin Sang, who had been preparing to launch an attack, was utterly shocked.
"Have we