The game has become a real alternate world

Originally, Ichard was supposed to escape with the Count through the route of the Gray Mountain Dwarves.

However, as the Count had said, very few were willing to leave with them, and in the end, they barely gathered close to 10,000 refugees.

It seemed like a lot, but for the entire refugee group, it was really too little.

On one hand, the refugees were too scattered, and the Count didn't have enough time to contact every refugee, or even pass the message to their ears.

The main issue was that many refugees had already lost hope; they just wanted to survive in the Cohen Kingdom or other kingdoms.

Moreover, the fortification and defense setup of the Gray Rock Fortress over the past year required a lot of labor, and they had somewhat stabilized in this year.

This one year's time seemed to have worn down their courage.

These 10,000 refugees were all former inhabitants of the Count's domain, and they followed him out of trust, yet they held little faith in the endeavor.

The only benefit was that those who followed were mostly young adults who lost their families and offspring, becoming single individuals.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been willing to follow.

The craftsmen with certain skills, whom Kana needed the most, were unwilling to leave.

Because even if they were refugees, they could still live decently in other countries.

Kana's approach was to have Ichard wait until the enemy fully breaks in and the Gray Rock Fortress falls.

Then, those people taking naive chances would understand true fear and allow Ichard to gather some more wounded soldiers.

These wounded soldiers are promising candidates for the future, as surviving through a battlefield like a meat grinder requires skill, if not sheer luck.

Although it sounded painful, the reality was that many wounded were left behind.

Of course, such a task comes with certain risks, but Kana remained quite confident. After all, the Blood Race Royal Court's main purpose in the breach was to open up the land route, or otherwise, they'd be trapped on the peninsula.

And to collect more life to transform into soldiers of the Blood Race.

So once the breach happens, they would surely split forces to capture as many refugees as possible.

To them, there is little difference between ordinary soldiers and civilians.

After all, they didn't have the capacity to turn everyone into the Blood Race, many would turn into Ghouls.

That's when Ichard's opportunity comes.

Seeing the crowd's confusion, Kana smiled and said, "You all should know the enemy attacks from the sea, right? Confronting the sea defense, I don't believe the Cohen Kingdom is unprepared.

The ships landing at the port must be somewhat disguised and there surely isn't just one.

When we Night Watchers decided to come here to chase those damned Cultists and prevent them from conducting more evil rituals, I didn't plan to lead my subordinates to doom.

I have to take them home."

Upon hearing Kana's words, those sharp-minded probably understood what Kana intended.

The Saintess couldn't help but frown, "Aren't you afraid their ships have already been destroyed?"

Kana shook his head with a smile.

"Don't worry, come on, get moving, George and the others should be back soon.

With so many refugee groups here, the enemy will definitely send more troops to hunt us down. Moreover, on our way to the port, there will surely be Cultists.

Be prepared."

After Kana finished speaking, he had everyone start mobilizing.

But he did not appear too impatient, having some Night Watchers lead refugees to collect some supplies nearby.

And the final purpose was to have Ichard bring more refugees over, then have these refugees help gather and transport supplies, and then board a ship and sail around back to the coast of the Eastern Wilderness.

These supplies would also help alleviate the food shortage caused by the excessive initial refugee count.

...

The next day.

At dawn, a group of refugees had already left the ruins of Vitra City.

Led by the Night Watchers, they headed towards the port city.

The Night Watchers who had arrived earlier with Blake had already been re-blessed and strengthened by Kana during the night.

Now they were experiencing the new abilities.

[Bobo: It's amazing to have such abilities. This is simply wonderful, could Kana be a genius?]

[Alyris: Your Highness is the best.]

[Raelia: Yes, yes, your Highness is, of course, the best, hehe.]

[Vainsha: How is your situation now?]

[Eric: ?]

[Grey Fang: ?]

[Abis: Who is this?]

[Bobo: Sounds familiar, but I can't remember.]

[Vainsha: ...]

[Blake: Count, my lord.]

This led the entire chat channel into an unexplained silence.

Bobo, standing on the Land Bird's saddle, couldn't help but lean forward and ask Alyris: "Is the Count's name Vainsha?"

No wonder it seemed familiar, but she couldn't remember for a while.

Others would be even less likely to know, since they had little contact with the Count. They always referred to him as "Count, my lord", who would directly call him by his name?

But because the chat channel directly displayed names, nobody immediately recognized who it was.

As for how the Count was able to join the chat channel, naturally, it was because when Kana went to the fortress, he conveniently gave the Count a new Blessing before leaving.