Due to the demands of town construction, a large amount of timber was needed, and Lance had delegated this arduous woodcutting task to the laborers from the reform-through-labor unit. That was why a woodcutter had been able to discover the strange corpses.
Similarly, the woodcutting had carved gaps into the once-dense forest. Within these gaps, they could see a constant stream of bizarre, unidentified creatures, clearly heading towards Hamlet. Estimating the distance, they realized the creatures would approach soon. This sight put pressure on Reynard; the monster horde stretched endlessly, and no one knew how many more were hidden by the wilderness.
"Go inform the farm manager to gather everyone, bring the cattle and sheep, and retreat to Hamlet. You, take a fast horse back to Hamlet immediately and tell Instructor Barton to declare a Level One War Alert," Reynard ordered.
