The shadows that enveloped Valrend had not dissipated until dawn.
Good news had just made its way through layers of Dandelions to the besieged Valrend: the Safe Corridor had reached the edge of the Blood Mists, and although it still had the potential to change direction, the corridor continued to expand, and the evacuation plan could now begin.
The lights in the City Hall gradually dimmed, and the power plant workers and Exorcists began returning to the safe zone.
Everyone was preparing for the most crucial task: evacuation.
The City Lord Valenteel tallied data he had always intended to avoid: the number of survivors in Valrend.
The answer was three hundred thousand, maybe even more.
It was a heavy number, considering Valrend had once housed over a million people.
