As soon as the words fell, part of the bone fence around the plaza burst open, revealing a deep, shadowy entrance.
"Charge!"
"Get in!"
"Take the advantageous positions!"
"Demacia!"
The crowd instantly turned into a rushing tide, swarming toward the entrance in a mad scramble.
Fights immediately broke out at the entrance as everyone fought to seize the initiative or a favorable position.
"Move! Let me go first!"
"You fucking dared to push me?!"
"I'm a college student, let me go first!!"
Fists and kicks flew through the crowd. Some even pulled out daggers and waved them around wildly.
One apprentice trying to squeeze forward was violently shoved aside by several people behind him and stumbled to the ground.
Before he could get back up, more panicked feet trampled over him, drawing a pained, muffled groan.
Then... he never got up again.
Lynn didn't try to squeeze through. He waited until the peak of the crowd had passed before quickly heading for the entrance, making straight for an area deep within the plaza filled with towering stone pillars and piles of bones.
Alphonse entered from another direction almost at the same time, decisively choosing a shallow pit with a bone wall at his back.
Thomas carried his warhammer and led his Zombie toward a pile of rubble.
Mary strolled in at an unhurried pace and chose the edge of an open patch of ground that offered both a clear view and room to retreat.
Carl and the members of his Mutual Aid Society tugged and pulled at one another, finally squeezing their way inside as well.
They looked around in a panic before rushing toward an area with several short walls, fumbling as they tried to set up defenses.
Twenty breaths passed in an instant.
Just as the last