While Althea and the others were deep in thought, Yao continued to tell them what happened during the war. He looked heartbroken as he said it, but he pushed himself to say the words in case they could be of help.
"We were a bit surprised when the war declaration came, but not too much because we knew that it was inevitable. Vismont might be relatively unattractive to others, but we still knew it'd get attacked someday.
"We did not expect the enemy to launch such a desperate attack, however.
"Many of them weren't even slaves, but they attacked our walls like there was no tomorrow. There were so many of them and their equipment and levels were superior to ours, and we soon lost when they entered the walls.
"A lot of people were still outside at the time, so I can only assume the other people didn't take the array or were already nearby when they declared war.
"They fought as if they had nothing to lose—and I reckoned that was how we lost."
