In the end, someone stopped their argument.
Whether it was deities or God,
neither had anything to do with them now.
Dongfang's deities would not save them, nor would the Western God.
The only ones they could rely on were themselves.
"Get the Warriors ready, and organize the evacuation of the civilians."
"The surrounding cities have already been evacuated. It's time for us to leave as well."
The Australian Continent's geographical advantages and natural resources had fostered the birth of far too many Mutant Creatures. Although Sequence-level Mutant Creatures valued National Destiny more than their environment, ordinary Mutant Creatures did not care about such things.
The sheer number of ordinary Mutant Creatures alone was enough to threaten them.
They appeared to be maintaining Order, but in truth, unsolvable problems had already emerged within their ranks. Powerful Espers had declared themselves kings, and countless people had chosen to submit to them.
Calling their nation riddled with holes would not have been an exaggeration.
There were not many Warriors and heroes left who still believed in their nation and were willing to fight for it. Faced with both external and internal "wars," they could only keep shrinking the land under their protection.
Although many people in the protected cities had evacuated with them, a huge number of civilians had chosen not to leave with the main force and instead remained in those cities.
In the end, those cities were either occupied by powerful Espers and became the capital for their self-proclaimed rule, or they were defended by countless weaker Espers before perishing beneath the Beast Tide.
The nearby cities, including the one they were currently in, had all been abandoned before being occupied by powerful Espers.
However, because of their location near the mountains and forests, they were the first cities attacked