Jacob was crying while Maria held him tighter. However, something strange seemed to happen with his father's body. It seemed as if it was melting. All of his flesh and bones seemed to seep into his blood and combine itself. Then, it flowed towards the exit of the palace.
Out on the battlefield, the citizens seemed to start panicking. Their armor was slowly melting off, leaving them completely defenseless to the armies of duplicates. Zeke managed to come back and help clear a majority of the forces. However, he was severely exhausted and could hardly fight anymore. The situation seemed completely hopeless. Right when they were finally about to win, destiny seemed to have other plans... until something that shocked the entire population happened.
"The amor. It's melting off of us?! What do we do?!"
"Everyone, retreat back towards the kingdom for now! We need to regroup!"
"But there's only a hundred thousand left! Compared to the near millions we've fought, this will be nothing!"
