Chapter 661: Dealing With Reporters

Back inside the city, things were even more chaotic than they were on the battlefield, with people panicking about the attack, about how they had just realized that the Capital was a target, and that it was far too close to the Mountain Giant borders.

Never mind that they had been there their entire lives, and this was the first time that the Giants had dared to threaten the city directly, now that it had happened, the reality had sunk in for the Capital residents who were used to their luxury and safety.

Karl would have liked to say that it was understandable, just a matter of threatened civilians and bureaucrats, but shamefully many of the sedentary lower ranked Elites were involved in the chaos.

They had never really taken the threats to the nation seriously, even when they were in the Academy. Now, they regretted every action that they had taken which delayed their own growth or passed up potential for political power or wealth.