In the woods of Catalivo, near the Vistalia Kingdom, a group of people were urgently running.
The time it took for news of the Empire's collapse to spread varied, which created a clear situation.
In places with quick access to information, people often fled sooner, while in villages where information lagged, they fled later.
Some villages didn't even realize what was happening within the Empire until monsters showed up at their doorsteps.
Take Yueying Village, for example. They started to flee, but it seemed to be too late.
Uwe was about to reach the exit of the woods but suddenly halted.
Some people behind him nearly couldn't stop in time and were about to ask why he stopped when they saw the scene outside the woods through the gaps between the trees.
A gloomy and hopeless expression instantly covered their faces.
The sunlight outside the woods was bright and beautiful.
