Panic quickly boiled over in the Windrise Kingdom's Imperial Capital. Under normal circumstances, if the capital fell into such chaos, someone would soon step forward to stop it. But today was far from normal, because no one had stepped forward at all.
Eventually, the entire Imperial Capital erupted, yet not a single high-ranking official came out to say anything. It was as though every one of them had vanished overnight. In truth, their current state was little different from vanishing.
"What do we do? Should we close the gates? Things are already this chaotic. Haven't any orders come down yet?" The guards at the city gates watched the unrest drawing closer and closer, at a loss for what to do. Normally, if something like this happened, orders to close the gates would probably have come long ago. What was going on today?
Why had the captain in charge of the city gates still not shown himself? Hadn't he been making his rounds nearby?
Just then, a voice rang out in the distance. "B-bad news... the c-captain is dead!" Everyone's expression changed at once. The captain was dead? How was that possible? This was the Windrise Kingdom's Imperial Capital!
Whatever else he might have been, the captain was a Demon Spirit Master. As the man responsible for the city gates, he held a certain standing in the Windrise Kingdom's Imperial Capital. How could he have died just like that? Could his death have caused today's unrest?
"Quick, close the gates! Don't let the culprit escape!" With the captain dead, a squad leader like him would have to take charge. One of the squad leaders guarding the gates immediately ordered them closed. He was certain an enemy had come to stir up trouble in the Imperial Capital. To ensure an escape afterward,