The Lower City of Blackwater City was in utter chaos.
Screams and flames were everywhere.
The nobles had issued their final death orders, and the war gang members had gone all out in their last frenzy of madness.
After all, the insect nests in the wild had been completely eradicated by the Military Department. With the bugs—their greatest and most insurmountable enemy—gone, most humans had found the courage to venture out into the wilderness.
So why not indulge in one last debauchery within the city?
If they succeeded, they could seize a large cache of supplies and escape into the wild, living the free life of a warlord in the wastelands.
If they failed, they could still flee with some of their resources intact; starting anew in the wilderness was far better than remaining in the city, caught and crushed between two opposing forces.
Well, except for the unfortunates who died outright or were arrested in the chaos.
