Although James had long been worried about being abandoned by his allies, the fear in his heart had now overshadowed the despair of such abandonment.
A dense fog of dark energy had formed, completely surrounding the headquarters of the Green Ivy Company. Despite James and his subordinates successfully erecting a barrier outside the headquarters using props and weapons they had previously found, that barrier was now on the verge of collapse.
Some of the fog, born of dark forces, had already seeped through the cracks in the barrier and into the interior of the headquarters. At this moment, James stood with a few trusted subordinates at the weakest point of the barrier. They all understood very well that if the barrier were to break, they would be the first to face the onslaught.
