章 574: They Don't Give Up

The tension held on long enough that the defenders were beginning to relax. Almost all of them had completed their attempt to activate a system interface, and another round of candidates was being brought in.

These ones were mostly youngsters from the Divine Beast and Newbon Empires, while the Golden Dragon Nation was holding off, for fears of overcrowding.

But for Karl, Librarian Gareth, and a few others with good intuition, or a lot of combat sense, the quiet was unnerving.

The kids who were waiting their turn had been moved to the former slums of the town, where no ruins survived, and Rae had built a maze of stone walls and pillars for them to play tag in. The clerics were all sitting on the walls, keeping guard, and watching for injuries, while the soldiers finished their turn.