No one across the Nine Countries could have predicted the Yuan Country would fall so swiftly, so disgracefully.
In merely one year, the greater part of Yuan Country's territory had been overrun by the Demon Beast Clan, leaving only the Yuan Capital and a few key strongholds yet to succumb.
To most, it seemed inevitable that the Yuan Capital too would fall; after all, with the majority of Yuan Country already seized, it was only a matter of time before the Demon Beast Clan pressed onward to claim it entirely.
As a result, refugees from Yuan Country had been flooding into the bordering Tang Country in waves as of late.
The Tang Country did not turn them away; all who fled Yuan Country, regardless of identity, were accepted without exception.
This strategy proved remarkably shrewd. Knowing they had a place to retreat to, few Yuan people chose to defend the Yuan Capital to the death; most fled as quickly as possible into Tang Country.
