The undead tasked to protect Rammes had begun to attack anyone on the roads or near the city, this was Zelhart's message to the Oracle.
As a way of saying what his next target is, only a few could reach that small city in time, and they would have to pass the territory of undead, increasing their casualties. So only a few could be sent, but that was bait for sure.
At Viridian, the King was extremely angry while smashing the table, his new body made the environment hot since the transformation, but it was nothing compared to when he is angry, melting even part of the wall close by.
"YOU SAID HE WOULD COME BACK, BUT NOT AGAINST US!" The King said.
"Things happened quite different from what I planned" The Oracle answered, omitting the fact of the real plan being not world domination but world destruction.