On the helicopter returning to Moonlight City, Howard was incessantly on the phone with his aide.
"What is the current situation? You must have managed to withdraw the vast majority of the soldiers by now, correct?" Howard inquired urgently, his tone reflecting a palpable sense of anxiety directed toward his aide on the other end of the line.
"General, I have exerted myself to the utmost. However, I still find myself unable to extract the vast majority of the soldiers. Two high-difficulty instances have just spawned right beside our military base.
Only a small fraction of the soldiers can evacuate through relatively safe corridors. The overwhelming majority remain trapped between the two instances.
For the time being, we are still able to rely on the facilities within the military base for defense. If we attempt a hasty evacuation from the base, we will undoubtedly be annihilated by the monsters lurking within the two instances.
