Whenever Baiyi left after dropping off more survivors, the others in the black castle would feel explosive clashes, massive mana undulations, and loud claps of thunder emanating from within the black smog far away, which would then cause the earth to quake. Although they had not seen the battle in detail, their imaginations had run wild already; the battles they imagined could be classified as one-in-a-century.
Imitating the maiden cleric, many survivors fell on their knees and began to pray for Hope, wishing that he would win over the enemy — the strongest enemy they had ever seen. If Hope did not survive the ordeal, they — a bunch of people who had lost the will to fight — would end up getting massacred by the realm guardians!