For the next few days... the atmosphere of the fortress was gloomy and tense. By now, everyone had heard what happened during the night of the banquet.
People were taken aback and lived every waking moment in fear, while thousands had fled the border garrisons and fortresses located around the junction area after hearing that two intermediate 7th-stage saints were part of the envoy.
On top of that, they had explicitly threatened Jaro that they'd start a massacre if they were displeased or faced any kind of uncanny event like this again.
And the news of them taking Harkan as a hostage to enforce their will had also spread across the masses.
While there were different versions of the story, told by different mouths... the underlying fact remained that an outsider came into their home and forced the guardian of these lands to concede to their demands.
