Chapter 312:
“Everyone, evacuate! Now is the time to escape from Kran Fortress!”
Ciero’s shout echoed as he began running, prompting the people around him to swarm in confusion. It wasn’t just the residents who were caught off guard by his sudden actions. The Dawn Army members, especially those who had acted as Devan’s henchmen, were also disoriented by the abrupt disappearance of their leader and his inner circle.
“Ciero Priest! What’s going on? Evacuate? But the zombies outside…”
“The vile undead attempted to infiltrate through a secret passage and were annihilated! However, we cannot know when those rejected by the earth might rise again. Now is our chance to escape from Kran Fortress!”
Ciero’s battered appearance lent his words a convincing edge, and the stigmata-like marks on his hands from dealing with Devan added an eerie, mysterious aura. Yet, rushing out of the fortress where zombies still lurked wasn’t an easy choice.
“B-but the zombies are still…”
As Ciero resisted the urge to slap the hesitant soldier, a moment of persuasion arrived without warning—a deafening crash shattered the air as one of Kran Fortress’s towers was severed and collapsed.
The sight of a tower crumbling—something that had never happened in the fortress’s long history of enduring wars—sent people screaming and fleeing in terror. Seizing the moment, Ciero shouted once more.
“Those forsaken by heaven are rising! Run for your lives!”