All fronts were collapsing.
More and more orc legions, as well as Dragon City's armored forces, were destroyed.
Innumerable data points, fortresses, and towns were drowned in the tsunami of a magic storm.
While many powerhouses fell one after another there were also some quick-witted powerhouses who began to look for a way out.
They were either secretly gathering resources, trying to abandon the millions of rat people in Picturesque Orchid Lake, as well as the millions of ordinary Dragon City citizens, building large ships, sailing far away, and escaping into the depths of the unpredictable ocean, or...
They were dyeing their hair yellow and their eyes green, trying to change their black hair to blonde hair and blue eyes, and lowering their once noble heads to the Holy Light Temple.
Of course, just the change in appearance was not enough to prove their loyalty.