Wave after wave of people surged toward the teleportation gate like a flood, each scrambling to be first. The gate had originally been heavily guarded, but now not a single soldier remained, because even the troops responsible for keeping order had withdrawn.
The packed crowd shoved and jostled one another. Angry shouts, cries for help, and weeping tangled together as everyone desperately tried to rush through the teleportation gate as soon as possible, to flee this dangerous Eastern Continent.
Today was the final day before the teleportation gate closed.
As the glow of the light gate gradually dimmed, nearly everyone's eyes turned red. They charged forward without regard for anything else. Under the frenzied impact, people trampled one another; wails covered the land, and blood flowed across the ground.
At this moment, what was being crushed beneath their feet was not merely life, but human nature as well.
In the end, the light of the teleportation gate went out completely, extinguishing everyone's hope with it.
On the continent beyond, Raymond Sad, commander of the human allied forces' "Sea Soul" Legion and the Dragon Brilliance Empire general who had ordered the destruction of the teleportation gate, stood silently before the ruined gate. He understood all too well what his command had meant.
Emperor Rex, supreme commander of the human allied forces, understood his old subordinate's feelings. He patted Raymond Sad on the shoulder and sighed. "The ones at fault are neither you nor us. It is this world—this era."
Lambis and Sandro, standing nearby, nodded as well. Though the Blue Radiance Empire had already fallen, Lambis still had loyal famed generals such as Sandro and Altos at her side, as well as a considerable number of troops under her command. These soldiers were all elite forces; more importantly, they possessed precious