Asher could see the guards evacuating people, not to their homes, but to what seemed to be an underground bunker. Even those who had locked themselves within their houses were told to come out; if they refused, the guards simply broke down their doors and took the residents to safety, sparing neither time nor hesitation as urgency pressed upon every passing moment.
Nobody had time to listen to residents who were trembling in fear and would certainly die if left behind. As for their doors and destroyed houses, people already knew the Duke himself would release funds to reconstruct everything; the man was simply that noble and kind. After all, his statues were created by the people throughout his territory for a reason, symbols not only of reverence but of trust that had been earned over years of kind leadership.
