"Horgen's overall situation is okay, but they are still struggling."
"There are 5 D-rank gates, 8 E-rank gates and 18 F-rank gates that haven't been cleared in Horgen."
"They are putting all their manpower into suppressing the monsters from the D-rank gates, so they can't even clear the F-rank gates."
Lucas responded to Ghost's report on Horgen.
"I see. What about the other cities?"
"In Andelfingen to the far north, the city has been destroyed like I said before. No citizen lives there anymore. The people either fled or were killed."
"There are 10 D-rank gates, 27 E-rank gates and 45 F-rank gates in Andelfingen."
"The next report is on Meilen. They are also right below the city Zurich."
"They have 1 C-rank gate, 4 D-rank gates, 2 E-rank gates and 6 F-rank gates that haven't been cleared."
"The E and F-ranked gates are by choice. But the C and D-rank gates can't be cleared by them."
"They have many casualties and people are starting to evacuate from there to our city."
"The Meilen branch of the association is requesting help from everywhere. They soon won't be able to hold the monsters there back anymore."
Lucas pondered and answered.
"I see. They might be our next target. Continue with the report on the other cities."
"The next city is Uster. They have a large population and many awakened so they are doing well."
"They have 1 C-rank gate that they can't clear, 2 D-rank gates that haven't been cleared yet, 4 E-rank gates that they are maintaining and 10 F-rank gates for the same reason."
"They suffered a lot of casualties because of the C and D-rank gates but are still holding up well in general."
"They are planning a large raid on the orc village tomorrow."
Lucas nodded.
"Next is Hinwil to our southwest. They have a large land but not a very big population."
"They have 1 C-rank gate, 5 D-rank gates, 9 E-rank gates and 3 F-rank gates."
"They have mostly tried to clear as many low ranking gates as fast as possible. They have suffered many casualties to the C and D-rank gates and are severely struggling."
"Many citizens from there are evacuating to Uster and Zurich. Apparently they are only standing because of a couple small but strong teams of awakened."
Lucas nodded and spoke.
"They will also be one of our targets to help then."
Ghost nodded and continued.
"Next is Pfäffikon to our far west."
"Their city has also been destroyed and the monsters roaming there are being suppressed by the surrounding cities."
"The survivors of that city mostly moved to Uster and Winterthur."
"There is 1 C-rank gate, 8 D-rank gates, 25 E-rank gates and 39 F-rank gates in Pfäffikon."
Lucas planned to clear up that city with his guild soon as well.
"Next is Winterthur to our northwest."
"As you know, they have a large population like Uster, but they are doing even better."
"Although they couldn't clear the C-rank gate there, they managed to clear all D-rank gates and keep casualties to a minimum."
"At the moment there is 1 C-rank gate that is being kept in check, 4 E-rank gates and 12 F-rank gates that are being maintained."
"They have a few strong teams of awakened and a big team on the rise that's in the process of becoming a guild, with the support of the association."
Lucas looked surprised and answered.
"Interesting. That's good since if all cities around us were nearly destroyed it would've been difficult even for us."
"Continue."
"Yes master."
"Next is Bülach right above us."
"They are doing surprisingly well for a city with a relatively small population."
"There are currently 1 C-rank gate, 2 D-rank gates, 2 E-rank gates and 4 F-rank gates that are uncleared."
"They managed to clear most D-rank gates because their association branch is very formidable and has many awakened."
"The C-rank gate is still too much for them like for most, but they manage to kill all the orcs that break out with their superior numbers and great teamwork."
"They plan to clear the remaining D-rank gates soon and are only requesting support for the C-rank gate."
Lucas was very surprised.
Even though Zurich was the largest city in the canton with the biggest population, their association branch severely lacked manpower.
"That's very impressive. What about the last city?"
Ghost answered.
"Yes, Dielsdorf. They are also right above us, but they are on the verge of destruction and many people are evacuating here."
"They are currently receiving help from both the Bülach and our Zurich association branches."
"There are 1 C-rank gate, 8 D-rank gates, 16 E-rank gates and 18 F-rank gates."
"Dielsdorf is one of the cities without an association branch since the population is so small. Luckily they managed to hold out somehow thanks to some stronger awakened teams."
Lucas was wondering how they even managed to survive until now.
"Good work Ghost. Is there anything you want?"
"Thank you master, but I enjoy working on missions for you. That is all I need."
Lucas sighed.
"Well if that's what you want, but if you ever want something else just tell me."
"Yes master!"
The Helios guild's information department only had a general idea of the overall situation in the canton since a lot of information was blocked off from cities that were too busy with all the monsters.
This information helped Lucas a lot and now he could plan on what to do next with his strategy department.
***
Lucas arrived at the guild's headquarters and had a meeting with the strategy and information departments.
He told them everything he found out and they discussed on what to do.
After over an hour of talking they ended the meeting since Lucas had to meet Francesco and continue with the interviews.
Lucas planned on leaving for Dielsdorf after the interviews.
His guild members were starting to contact all the necessary people to work things out.
Dielsdorf was the nearest city to Zurich who needed the help the most.