After the Lord Bishop finished speaking, the meeting hall fell into a prolonged silence.
Although everyone had expected this, when Li Hao initially led the restless crowd, the besieged Oasis Church could only seek assistance from the Storm Holy City.
The cost, however, was to accept the complete takeover by the Holy City, losing the independence of the Oasis Church…
But now, with one crisis after another, the original plans had to change repeatedly. In addition to facing the attack of the Desert Wolf army, everyone also faced the result of losing all the properties they had worked hard for over the years after barely escaping with their lives.
This was especially true for the villages outside Oasis Town.
Nongzhuang Village, Dawn Village, and Mechanical Village—the Lord Bishop's words were effectively a death sentence for them.
For Xu Wanshuang from the Hunting Wilderness Guild, years of accumulated effort also evaporated directly with this town-breaking level beast calamity.
