Elaine pursed her little lips. “Can’t the legate leave retirement of his accord? If it’s all over for us, he’ll most certainly be doomed as well, right?”

Alan frowned and said, “You know nothing. Even when it’s over for us, it’s not over for him. By then, he’ll take all the members of Wyvern Peak to Wyvern Hall with him and no one will be able to touch him.”

Elaine was scared out of her wits.

“All right. Go, now,” Alan urged her.

Upon saying that, Alan dashed downstairs.

Elaine did not have the courage to linger and hurriedly left. She headed to Swallowston to find Adrian.

***

Two days later, the major media stations reported news about Internal Affairs losing four more locations and that the outlanders had advanced further by a few ten miles. They had occupied a number of towns.

The Internet boiled over in panic when the news came out. Everyone was terrified and shaking in fear. There were already many people bawling loudly.

This morning, there were very few people on the str