Rhode wasn't concerned about the battle progress between Celestina and Duran. In fact, after he summoned Celestina, the Undead Army responded. While the air troops kept the soldiers busy, the ground troops led by the Skeletal Trolls quickened their pace as they swarmed like huge waves that crashed into the towering 'dam'.
Barrages of arrows that were released from the enemy rear disrupted the soldiers. Although Agatha cast ice walls to deflect the arrows, many defenseless soldiers were still struck. The battle progress above the city walls was chaotic as the Gargoyles and Vampires attacked simultaneously.
Rhode knitted his brows. He thought that Cullen would distribute his forces in order to lower the holy spears' lethal threats, but didn't expect Cullen to do the very opposite. It seemed that Cullen had grasped his biggest weakness—the lack of manpower!