The bells in the town of Jarien rang urgently late into the night.
With the sounds of chaotic footsteps that soon became orderly, countless villagers hurrying to equip their weapon belts and wear their armors took to the streets. They assembled into squads and assumed formations spontaneously, while quite a few flight-capable spellcasters took to the air from the buildings, landing amidst the squad and started to issue all sorts of orders post-haste.
"The trade group—Darwion's seventh squad—has not returned. However, their soul lights are not extinguished—commence search and rescue."
The spellcasters were concise with their orders, while the villagers—or to be precise, part-time soldiers nimbly began their operations as if they did this all the time.
