Onean knew that there had to be a reason behind his words and actions, so she immediately did as she was told, issuing an instruction to the city guards around her. "All soldiers on the city wall, come with me! Hurry!"

The city guards nearby were very bemused to see this. In their eyes, Erwin seemed to have gone insane, and he had passed on his insanity to Onean as well. The Burmen army had been last sighted no more than five kilometers away. How could they abandon the outer city wall at a time like this?

Erwin didn't stay behind to wait for everyone to assemble. Instead, he hurriedly rushed down from the city wall, and only then did he notice that he had been running around with a bag of bread this entire time. Thinking back to how deranged he had to have looked with this bag of bread in his hand, he tossed it aside with disgust, wasting a perfectly good piece of freshly baked bread in the process.

After getting down from the city wall, Erwin climbed onto his steed before heading directly toward the eastern part of the city. At the moment, he was situated in the northern part of the outer city, and there was quite a bit of distance to be covered to reach his destination. Everyone had...