—"Demons!!!"
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Piercing screams echoed through the skies above the city. Athkatla's great crisis had finally arrived! Demons had descended. No one knew who had summoned them, but from the moment they appeared, the frenzied slaughter had already begun.
At first, the sounds had only come from the south of the city. Then, accompanied by those screams, they spread throughout the entire city. Yet this did not awaken the people of Athkatla or bring them together to resist the demons' attack. Instead, it made the chaos even worse.
Countless people who had been hiding in their homes began fleeing the city. Countless rioters who had already been causing trouble became even more radical. Countless armed men who had been resisting the mob began to hesitate.
At that moment, the city's cohesion had completely collapsed. People cared only for themselves; not a single thought of working together remained in their minds. The city had become a deserted island of human nature, where people's selfishness had been magnified without limit.
It had to be said that the followers of Graz'zt, the Dark Lord, were just like their master—not as mindless as other demon worshippers. They had chosen an exceptionally subtle moment. They had long noticed Athkatla's precarious situation and had been waiting for an opportunity. Once Adrian acted and triggered chaos and slaughter, they began making their preparations.
The paladins had been trapped in the Temple District, and that was not solely the Church of Lies' doing. These demon worshippers had contributed greatly as well!
The demons began advancing from the square in the south of the city, spreading swiftly across the entire city like a plague. Amid the firelight, countless armored