Persia, a border town.
An oppressive and uneasy atmosphere permeates everywhere, with house doors tightly shut and the streets in disarray and desolation. Heavily armed Persian soldiers patrol back and forth, enforcing a city-wide lockdown.
Yet, even so, many Persian residents took advantage of the night to quietly flee the border, heading inland.
Because just a few days ago, the expeditionary force that was supposed to flatten the enemy nation and carve out territory for Persia with sword and fire returned, bringing back earth-shattering news.
The Persian army was defeated!
And it was an unprecedented disastrous defeat!
Hero King Garsab was killed in battle, Divine Archer Arash was severely injured...
Crown Prince Darius III, under the cover of the two alien heroes, Arjuna and Garna, luckily broke through the encirclement.
But as a cost, the accompanying Secret Mages, Meteor Legion, and Undead Army suffered heavy losses, with less than one in a hundred surviving.
