764 The Sudden Retreat and Gunfire 5yr

Translator: J_SquaredEditor: J_Squared

Just as Joanna thought that it was possible that she was about to die, there suddenly came the long sound of a horn being blown.
At that moment, the priests who surrounded her stopped whatever they were doing in unison, turned around and flew off together. Also, not only the priests around Joanna were affected, but even the entire chaotic battle in the skies seemed to have been forcefully stopped by something; all the priests began to retreat extremely abruptly.
The mages, having killed so much that their eyes were red, were stunned. The battlefield had thinned out, and a chilly wind blew, pulling them slightly back out from the massacre.
Because of that, most of them did not hurriedly chase after them.
Joanna was the same. She was rooted to her spot, at a loss with emptiness all around her. The familiar faces in her surroundings gave her some sort of reassurance, but she cast her sight further: the Kingdom of Helius soldiers outside the city gates… Seemed to be retreating.
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