Many in the room remained quiet as the two leaders merely nodded.
"Camilla, it's not your fault. Though we all knew the Cult was planning a return, we didn't except it to now." Calmly uttered Thorn, greatly shocking many. "There is no point in beating ourselves down. We all messed up and our forces are compromised."
"What we need to do now is act."
They all nodded in agreement.
"Marcus, how do you want to go about this?" He asked. "Should we fortify our cities and take back the sieged ones or do we focus on the army at the border?"
All gazes panned toward the Guild Head.
"If my senses are still as keen as they used to be, all cities contain a corrupted True Beast King as well as a Zenith Tier Nine warrior. Once again, they were expecting us to focus on the border so these warriors could wreak havoc while our forces are gone."