"What should we do?" I asked her.
Since she was directly involved in this and held a position as one of the magic knights of the Milham Kingdom, I figured she could come up with a solid plan.
"The first thing we need to do is inform everyone of the situation," Captain Angelica replied. "We're going to need as many people as possible because there's no way we're getting past that mob around the plaza without some resistance. But I don't want to hurt them—they're just innocent people, brainwashed into doing this."
"So, force is out of the question?"
"Yes, but not entirely," she said. "We'll use just enough to subdue them, nothing fatal."
That was a relief. Full-out violence against them would feel like a line crossed. But realistically, without any force, we'd be dead in the water.
"The question is, how are we going to inform everyone?"
