~ A little Earlier ~
~ Ridgeline City ~
The City Lord had finished having his way with several maids of his mansion. Such is the fate of those who fall under his gaze. His son, while young, also took advantage of several of the maids as well. They were both deplorable people that would force themselves onto others and, enjoy them.
Now the City Lord was dressed and ready to give another address to his citizens. He was just waiting for the butler to arrive with his speech. "Gah, where is he? I need my speech now. How else am I supposed to herd these damned cattle!" The City Lord irately yelled. "We've got enemies coming soon. Ones that can't handle the weapons we have. But the weapons are useless against the enemy if there are no men to wield them!" He continued his shouting.
"Father, it will be fine. If the men don't use them, then they die. Who cares about the life of a fool anyways. All of them are a bunch of useless bums anyways. Seriously, they couldn't even steal an egg from those freaky monsters. I was quite upset when the specialty egg didn't arrive, you know." The City Lord's son casually said, with a slight tick of the tongue. "Had to punish the maids who were supposed to prepare it for me. They're tied up and bleeding out now. I doubt they'll make the same mistake in their next life." The son continued with a vile sneer on his face. "Though I did have my way with them before." He continued into a laugh.
"Oh? Good! It's good not to be wasteful. At least they were good for something. Disgusting wenchs, can't even make a proper meal." The City Lord laughed along with his son.
The butler sighed as he approached. These humans are so horrible to their own kind. They don't even realize that they are nothing but mere pawns. No, that's too good for them. They would be lucky to be the dirt the pawns walk upon. The butler took out a sheet of paper and handed it to the City Lord. "Here you are my Lord. Apologies for the delay, there was a rather unfortunate mess in the young lad's room. So I took the liberty of cleaning it up so the young lad would have a place to sleep tonight." He said, with a false smile on his face.
"Oh?" The City Lord said, giving the butler a stink eye. Who gave you the right to spare those foolish women. Curses! "I see then. So this is the speech." He said. I'll deal with you later. Excellent work as always. With this! With this we can really embolden our troops. Check to make sure the City's sound conveyance system is working properly." He continued, sneering with satisfaction. "I can't wait to see that damned bird monster die to human ingenuity!" He cackled.
Servants and city engineers who remained, double and triple checked the systems. Everything was, at the very least, functional. That wasn't to say it was going to work great. Just that it would be enough, they hoped so anyway.
A big smirk came across the City Lord's face. An evil one. Full of murderous pleasure. He stood ready to speak into a mic. Tapped it twice and then started speaking.
"Citizens of Ridgeline City! It is I! Your City Lord!" The City Lord began speaking, pausing to make sure the message wouldn't get garbled over the vast distance. "Soon the Monsters will attack our fair city again. This time though. We are more than prepared." He paused again. "Our Engineers have worked tirelessly. Through many toils! And now weapons to combat the Monsters…" He paused again. "Have been realized. Even a god could not defeat our fair city. So calm your panic and bask in our Human ingenuity and pride!" He paused once more. "We stand with the ability to contest the very gods themselves! A few monsters will be absolutely nothing. So stand and cheer! CHEER FOR THE GUARD!" He finished the speech. "And now, for the Guardsmen! Prepare for battle! Enter Defense Level, Judge the Gods!" The City Lord sneered confidently.
Just then at every single Watch Tower, giant weapons made of steel and iron began assembly. With the tireless hands of the guards, their heads filled with fantasies of killing gods. Along the walls, appeared large Iron cylinders on wheels, one after the other. And in the span of what seemed like an hour, the once weaponless walls were now packed to the brim with large weapons as far as the eye could see and beyond.
It was an impressive sight, to be fair. However, this was a whole new type of combat. And thus they were too stupid to realize it. It was so obvious that it looked like a feint. And to the added strength of the position, in between every large weapon, were five men, holding a mix of weapons.
The middle of the five held a multi barreled firearm. Once the trigger is pulled a chain feeds in rounds of ammunition at high speed. The weapon is so heavy that it needs a tripod to help aid the wielder in its operation.
The men on the left and right of center, each held a short range shotgun. The one that had been used in the fight against Vitaliana not that long ago. They also held a long range shotgun. These men's job was to fill the air with a ton of pellets to make the air as deadly and dangerous as possible.
The men on the outside ranks were equipped with what seemed to be fully automatic weapons. They were meant for harassing the enemy as they got close. The closer, the more bullets would lodge themselves in their bodies. It was truly a hail of bullets they could dish out. Finally, each of the men were trained to reload the center weapon and would take turns in a very specific order. Making their combat more efficient.
Ridgeline city was ready for action. And then… The whole of the city heard the cries of war from a very angry bird. Several, thoroughly livid monsters. And soon they would clash.
"Say, I wonder what it would be like to sex up a monster bird?" A guard cackled, liking his lips.
"It's probably an enlightening experience." The Guard Captain laughed.