At the same time...
In the forest…
A sea of fire had manifested.
"Aghhhhhhh!"
"Get away from me! Get away…!"
-Swiiiiiiiiiish!
-Booooooooooom!
The gates of the city were still being attacked by the creatures of darkness but most of their numbers had already been eliminated.
There were only a few of them left here now so the players had started going inside the forest to look for the other forces since according to the logs, only a hundred or two creatures had died until now.
There were still a lot of them left and since they weren't coming out anymore, the players, along with the elite troops had to go in.
They knew there were still many of the evil minions left, so they weren't just going to stop doing everything when the creatures were still present.