At Throne City, urgent military reports flooded in.

A family elite knelt before the great hall, his voice urgent. "Sir, the Cathedral's army has bypassed Abyss City and is advancing on the family's headquarters. They're currently less than 120 miles from Throne City. All our outposts along the way have been unable to resist and have been overrun."

Alonzo, who had taken Raiden's place presiding over the Ludendorff family's central affairs in the great hall, was shocked.

"How did they get here