"Yes, but with Duke Miller and the other Sky Knight powerhouses here, even two eighth-tier Magic Beasts should not be a problem!"
"So, everyone, stop blocking the way. Let's enter the city first!"
Nalant nodded with a trace of apology, hoping he had not frightened the nobles too badly.
However, with the alliance's strength, the fewer than one hundred thousand Dark Creatures inside and outside the city should not have posed a problem.
Yet the nobles looked at Nalant with complicated expressions, their lips moving for a long while without knowing what to say.
Thus, everyone could only retreat into the city and let Nalant see the situation inside for himself later.
The Dark Creatures outside the city were even more savage than those within. Naturally, there was no reason for them to flee outward again.
There was death both inside and outside the city, but at least inside, they could rely on the city walls for one last trapped-beast struggle.
Seeing the nobles retreat into the city, Nalant hurriedly led his subordinates in as well.
Yet the moment he passed through the deep, shadowy gate, Nalant realized something was wrong.
"Everyone... haven't you cleared out the city yet?"
Nalant saw guards fighting Dark Creatures not far away, while faint sounds of combat and howls rose from all around the city. This seemed entirely different from what he had imagined.
"Baron Nalant, we had been besieged within this ducal city these past few days... and just now, the ducal city happened to be breached by the Dark Creatures!"
"Breached by the Dark Creatures..." Nalant's head buzzed. No matter what, he had never expected such an outcome.
Didn't that mean he had walked straight into the net?
"Nalant!"
At that moment, a familiar call came from not far ahead.
"Stella!" Nalant's