Ambush

After the unprecedentedly big storm, huge masses of Marmots poured out of the Ural Mountain Range, sweeping across the Ural Plains like locusts. Not to mention the food stored at home, even the crops that were not yet ripened were wiped out by them. Many villages no longer had any food that could curb their hunger.

If the lack of grains and harvest had the people worried, then the following plague had many feeling hopeless.

Within a few short days, the merciless and cruel plague claimed more than a dozen lives. The situation in the disaster area got worse and worse. In fright and panic, people all fled their homes. There were some who moved towards the Capital of Banto Empire thousands of miles away, while more people swarmed towards the majestic Saint Peter Castle nearby, hoping that the powerful Church could save their lives.

The greater the expectation, the bigger the disappointment!