No one wanted to run.
Their families were all here.
After losing the city, where else could they flee to?
The wilderness was filled with mutated monsters.
They might as well defend the city to the death; at least it offered them a buffer zone.
Going into the wilderness was no different from seeking death.
Without the protection of the moat and city walls, no matter how many people they had, they would slowly die outside.
Everyone in the city understood this perfectly.
Especially those from the hunting teams and the teams that went outside.
They had been out there before.
Naturally, they knew how cruel the environment beyond the walls had become.
Torch after torch was lit along the city walls, while bonfires were kindled nearby.
The entire wall was brightly illuminated.
"Raise the shields!"
"Take cover behind the walls! They have long-range attacks!"
Seeing the soldier who had died from the sharp spike, everyone shuddered.
It meant that even standing atop the walls was no longer absolutely safe.
"Ah!"
Another person let out a scream.
A soldier had been struck in the arm, and his hand quickly swelled and turned bluish-purple.
A nearby commander chopped off his entire arm with a terrified expression. "Poison! Be careful not to get hit by those spikes!"
He immediately moved to tightly bind the wound and stop the soldier's bleeding.
But as he approached the soldier, he found him sitting collapsed on the ground, staring at his severed arm in terror.
The poison was still spreading from the wound.
"H-Hey! No way, right?"
Before the commander's horrified eyes, the poison spread all the way to the soldier's neck and was about to climb onto his face.
Smack!
A hand suddenly appeared on the soldier's shoulder.
The spreading poison instantly stopped.
"Urgh..." The