The sound of war trumpets was heard, the troops from Rostalia rushed to attack the Esmoth city defenses, hurled stones and fireballs flew towards the city. Meanwhile, weapons of war such as the Siege Tower were deployed forward to approach the city walls.
"Shoot!!!" Geo and Tisha shouts signaled the archers to fire simultaneously, while the magicians chanted Fire spells towards the Siege Tower. Several magicians did magic heal to some soldiers who were hit by debris from the stone impact.
Some of the soldiers looked burned and some even had nothing left of their bodies that were hit by the direct stone-throwing attack. However, this situation is still relatively under control for Romandia.
Romandia surround all sides of the city walls and parts of the walls to ensure that no parts are penetrated and can help if suddenly penetrated by the enemy.
The battle had only been going on for a while but the casualties from both sides were very high, the flames seemed to completely burn one of the Siege Towers deployed by Rostalia side.
"Barrier" screams some magicians on the city walls, this ability can block some projectile attacks like arrows but of course the size of the barrier is determined by how much mana is used. Therefore, it was very difficult to break through the city's defenses if only relied on the Siege Tower and the number of troops deployed.
Indeed, every magician mana is different and has a limit, but that doesn't mean it's a little bit in fighting and surviving in a battle.
"The gate?" Romandia asked Faro who was giving orders to the archers below.
"So far, the condition of the gate is still good and there are no signs of being easy to break through," replied Faro while directing his gaze towards the gate guarded by Gunri.
It looks like the gate is strengthened with several pillars supporting from behind to make it difficult for the gate to be destroyed
"Good, keep it up" Romandia ordered Faro and Gunri to continue their work.
Romandia then looked behind towards the command tent where a plume of white smoke had billowed and could be seen from a distance. Romandia who saw this immediately turned to the side of the city wall to see the enemy's movement.
Not long after the wisps of white smoke aired, the fire from the enemy rear row began to smolder.
At first, it was just a small fire, but it turned into a big fire that devoured everything in the forest, including several enemy tents.
Romandia who saw this was happy that their plan was a success, 'now it's just a matter of seeing the reaction of the enemy' he thought.
The enemy who saw this began to falter, the rows that were still neatly arranged began to fall apart a little because they were restrained by the Esmoth city walls and the speed of the fire that was heading towards them.
'this is the time' Romandia who thought like that got ready to give the next order.
But suddenly, he heard the enemy say
"The gate has been breached!!"
Romandia frantically looked towards the gate and he was surprised about what he saw was happening in front of him.
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Faro who was guarding the gate continued to give a signal to the archers near gate position to keep attacking, even though the formation had been destroyed by the throwing stones and fireballs from the enemy, the archers still insisted on continuing their attacks.
"Keep going until your arrows run out" Faro shouted to the archers. On the other hand, the soldiers who were warriors of sword and spear could only try to dodge the enemy's throws and prepare to counterattack when the gates opened.
Until now, the direction of the war was still on the side of the Estafera soldiers, especially the enemy who was squeezed from behind and the sudden attack that was about to be carried out.
At this point, although the final outcome could not be determined yet Faro was confident that they would succeed if the plan continued.
But suddenly, blood came out from Faro mouth, fresh blood splashes spread to his armor. Unbeknownst to him, the figure of a soldier from behind stabbed Faro and pierce his armor.
Faro who was hit by this sudden attack could only bend her knees to the ground and try to maintain her stance.
The screams of several Estafera soldiers rang out from within the city's defenses, as if they were possessed by a demon fighting against other fellow soldiers.
"haa...ha...why?" Faro breathless voice asked the person who had just stabbed him.
"Nothing personal, it's just that Estafera has lost" the person who answered was Gunri with a flat look toward Fro.
At that time, most of the Gunri soldiers immediately rebelled against Estafera'own troops, some of the Gunri soldiers immediately removed the sturdy poles on the gates and opened the gates.
There were screams that the gate had been breached. However, this was not because the gate was destroyed but the soldiers from the Gunri battalion themselves opened the gate for the enemy.
Even Gunri don't know what kind of plan tah Romandia talking about, but he pretty sure.
With a full army not deployed on any side of the city and being the one guarding the gates made Gunri position very advantageous and the chances of success for committing treason were very high.
Seeing this, the soldiers of Rostalia charged in full towards the gate that had been opened. The rebellious Estafera soldiers took off their battle helmets as a sign to the Rostalia soldiers that they were allies.
Faro who saw this could only try to stand up while trying to escape the stab of the sword. Still badly injured, Faro stands up and prepares to fight Gunri.
"This country is quite stubborn, it is clear that it will lose but still insists on defending," Gunri replied, criticizing the kingdom of Estafera.
"haa...haa.. what did they do to make you betray" asked Faro who was panting.
"Not much, just the safety of me and my soldiers and some promised territory." Gunri answered with a smile.
In any case, it was quite reasonable for someone to betray if they were in this position but they were soldiers of Estafera, of course it violated the code of ethics and morality as a soldier.
"You traitor!!!" Faro shouted while running towards Gunri.
'Even though this is the end, at least I got the head of this traitor' was what Faro thought running to his impending doom.
Blood was gushing, a head slashing appeared to fall to the ground, the head was none other than Faro himself who was killed by Gunri, from wherever Gunri was ahead of the fight.
Estafera troops also resisted the attacks of Rostalia troops and Gunri troops. Although there were still quite a number of Estafera troops near the gate, considering the number of enemies that had reached nearly 30 thousand that kept coming, it was only a matter of time.
Gunri who felt that what he had done was enough even stepped away from the battle and walked towards the outside of the city's defenses, disappearing among the waves of people that swept through the city.
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Romandia who still didn't know what had happened other than hearing that the gate had been breached rushed down the wall stairs.
Still half way through, he had seen several of Estafera troops attacking the other troops.
'Is there a traitor' was the first thought that crossed Romandia mind. While swinging his sword, Romandia immediately ran towards the gate, Remilo who had just finished from the task Romandia had given him was surprised to see this.
He immediately looked for and ran towards the gate while looking for General Romandia.
'slash'
'slasshh'
Slash after slash was thrown by Romandia.
"Push them back!!! kill the traitors!!" shouted Romandia who had no mercy on the enemy and the traitors.
Romandia, who continues to slash the soldiers of Rostalia, is looking for the whereabouts of Captain Faro and Gunri to ask for an explanation, but in the middle of her search. He saw Faro head already lying on the ground separated from his body.
'Gunri!!!' Romandia shouted in a very angry heart after seeing that.
"Faro Battalion, make defense from here" Romandia ordered replacing the leadership of the disoriented Faro battalion.
"Other battalions, muster all your strength to repulse the enemy" Romandia who couldn't help but think quickly to solve this problem.
Romandia who kept swinging her sword at the enemy was suddenly startled by a voice from behind
"what happened dad"