Avril gritted her teeth, decisively mounted her horse again, and said, "I understand! I will deliver this command to Lord Rong'en immediately."
The disastrous consequences of a city in flames amidst such chaos are self-evident.
Hilude could only pray to the Sun Goddess for Avril's safe return to the west of the city.
Before this attendant set out, she never anticipated that this mission would be so fraught with twists and turns. Not only did she have to be wary of monsters that could appear at any moment, but she also had to run across half the city! She ran from the castle to the south of the city, then circled back from the south to the west, with no opportunity to retreat to the castle to hide.
Perhaps Hilude's prayers were effective, for shortly after Avril left, a large blaze quickly erupted in the west of the city, and it spread rapidly, turning a vast area into a sea of fire.
