The eclipse cast an even deeper gloom over the earth.
In countless city-states, divine statues were laden with offerings, but the cold statues remained silent, unresponsive, even as the cities at their feet were reduced to ashes, their inhabitants were slaughtered indiscriminately, blood flooding the streets, even as the statues themselves were smashed to pieces...
What did the eclipse signify?
It meant that the light they depended on for survival was being obscured, it meant the arrival of doomsday.
And in Danschel City, under the eclipse, morale collapsed even further.
Even though Nesol's army was equally in disarray, retreating in swarms from the city walls, the huge disparity in troop numbers cast an even heavier shadow over the Royal City.
The soldiers who had fought valiantly for days knew all too well the terror of the enemy. They believed more fervently, some even donating all their possessions to worship the Divine, seeking their protection.
