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Afterwards, Duan Mingyuan and Jiuyue learned that on this tranquil evening, it was the fourth, sixth, and seventh battle groups of the Iron Guard Consortium's battleship cruisers that had gifted the residents of Holy City with a fireworks display. Attendees also included vessels from the Adventurers' Association and the United Front.
At the moment, the commanders of these battle groups, including Bill Norton, had been arranged to take administrative leave.
When a group of people left the mansion and walked onto the streets, wreckage from the battleship cruisers could be seen everywhere.
Even though all medical personnel were dispatched immediately, there were too many injured; they had no choice but to search for survivors among the still-burning wreckage of the battleship cruisers.
This was the result of the ships encountering a secondary strike as they fell, with the Ashen Church's barrier indiscriminately dealing a finishing blow to these "unidentified flying objects."