The battle in New York City was a microcosm of the fighting everywhere outside the European Continent.
The European Continent was connected to almost every gateway into the Nine Realms.
As a result, it received the most attention. Most of those attacking other regions were merely leader-level figures.
The survivors across the European Continent had escaped the great bat monster's attack, only to face an even more brutal and bloody war.
Two great wars had erupted here throughout history, but this war carried a significance unlike either of them.
This was not a civil war among humans, nor was it a war humanity had started.
It was a defensive war to protect Blue Star and humanity's home, a war of resistance against aliens.
After the bat monster awakened and attacked, efforts began to quickly restore people's livelihoods, the economy, and the devastated European Continent.
King Arthur and the mage Merlin took the lead.
The entire European Continent formed a more comprehensive alliance.
This alliance united not only their economies, but also their military and even political power.
By now, the boundaries between nations had actually become somewhat blurred.
Still, their distinctive customs and languages continued to set each country clearly apart.
The European Continent's armies consisted mainly of forces from Gaul and John Bull Country. They had nowhere to retreat-or rather, they had been retreating all along.
The gateways connecting the Nine Realms had opened right on the land they depended on for survival. What could they do?
Now, undead, elves, giants... all sorts of races and creatures from legend had truly appeared on Blue Star, on the European Continent itself, advancing between every river and mountain range toward its cities with near-mad ferocity.
Wars of varying scales also broke out among them.
If these strange races kept fighting one