Outside the Moon-Viewing Conference venue, soldiers, guards, and the experts attending the gathering fought desperately to hold the line.
The attacking demons, monsters, and Devils seemed endless, while every defender who fell was one fewer left standing. The situation grew more dire by the moment.
But they did not lose heart. They knew reinforcements were behind them.
This was the heart of the Great Xia Dynasty, and the emperor himself was inside the venue. The Divine Capital's garrison and experts could not possibly fail to come to his rescue!
Perhaps something else had delayed them for the moment, leaving them unable to be in two places at once. But that could not last.
Of all under heaven, the emperor came first. To the Great Xia Dynasty, his safety mattered above all else. Even at a terrible cost, the Divine Capital would send someone to save him!
Yes, that had to be it!
More than one of them used those words to rally their comrades.
"Hold on a little longer! The force sent from the Divine Capital to rescue His Majesty must be almost here!"
Amid flashing blades and sword shadows, among blood and corpses, on the line between life and death, they comforted themselves with that thought.
As for whether it was true... one could only hope.
Pan Long watched the brutal fighting not far away and sighed inwardly.
On a personal level, he truly did not want these dutiful soldiers to die.
But from where he stood, the more faithfully those soldiers and guards did their duty, the worse it was for him.
If they had been old hands who did as little work as they could get away with, that would have suited him far better.
After all, he was a rebel.
Mice always hoped cats would be