A piercing alarm blared, and almost everyone in the restaurant instinctively shot to their feet.
Including Wan Qi.
"What's going on? What's happening? Is everyone from the nearby garrison?"
Westheid was taken aback, looking at the people who had all stood up in unison.
"No, our post isn't on the border of a fallen zone."
Wan Qi shook her head and sat back down, her gaze grave as she watched the broadcast on the large screen, biting her finger.
"I just didn't expect it to fall so quickly."
The other patrons in the restaurant also sat back down after the initial commotion, but unlike Wan Qi, they looked utterly demoralized.
"Another major assault?"
"Sigh, I wonder how long we can hold on..."
"Heswira fell not long ago. As a neighboring country, how can we expect to be spared?"
"And Chang Yun is also on the brink of collapse."
"We can't win. There's just no way! Those Monsters..."
"We'll be devoured too. We're all going to die..."
"..."
'A bunch of defeatists!'
