Let’s rewind time by 30 minutes to when Marcel Ghionea was preparing to shoot and Seol Jihu and the rest of the expedition team were stalling for time against Twisted Kindness.

The great war in the Middle World was momentarily in a lull.
With the unexpected arrival of humanity’s reinforcements, a tense silence descended on Tigol Fortress.

Gabriel moved slowly, with much caution. She placed her hands on the fortress wall and stared into the distance.

She blinked, yet the distant scenery did not change. In front of her eyes were undoubtedly humanity’s mounted troops.

It really was happening.

Whatever their reason may be, humanity had decided to abandon its long-standing impartiality.

Frankly speaking, she was not expecting the current situation to suddenly change due to the arrival of humanity’s reinforcements. She knew that the Parasite’s main force was still strong and that the Federation’s and humanity’s forces were weaker in comparison. This was no secret.

However, she couldn’t care less about this.

What really mattered was the fact that before it was too late, before the train reached its final destination called despair, humanity had responded to the Federation's request for help.

“…They really came.”

Gabriel whispered under her breath and clenched her fists. At the same time, a sudden roar of cheers erupted from Tigol Fortress.

“Waaaaaaaaaaa!”

Sky Fairies raised their bows, and Cave Fairies lifted both arms above their heads and cheered....