Inside the [Five Elements Barrier Formation],
Alice, Vashno, Amanda, Franklin, and the others had retreated to the Guardian Fortress. They stood on the deck, watching the chaos unfold outside with grim expressions.
Every second, someone died.
Corpses littered the field, and the stench of blood hung thick in the air. Explosions echoed without pause, each one claiming more lives.
It was a brutal war.
"This isn't even the full might of what's coming…" Eztein muttered, his voice heavy.
They all knew it. There were still hundreds of thousands more marching toward them. If they stayed here and waited, they would eventually be overwhelmed—even with the monsters that had answered Souta's summons.
"All of this started because of me," Alice said quietly.
Her gaze was fixed on the battlefield, her golden eyes reflecting fire and lightning. Perhaps if she had been just a little stronger back then, she wouldn't have been forced to use her true form.
