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Chapter 159 – Chapter 30: Exacerbation 2

Curtis had a fairly large nu’s Palace stationed there

Coround didn’t dry out In contrast to Evian, which was a wasteland, Curtis was a blessed land

In the western part which had direct contact with the Western Limit Line, the Paran clan was the main axis of the army The number of clan members reached 1,000, and al’s arth of hundreds of soldiers

To the south of the Western Lie swae forest Unlike the lizardmen who lived near the Jishuka Mountains, these ones had been loyal to the Denificant nureat, so the lizardmen were relatively undervalued However, they possessed excellent courage and outstanding combat skills

In the eastern part of Curtis, the army consisted mainly of orcs The orcs occupied a considerable proportion of almost all of Curtis’ area, not just the east but the west and south as well If the Paran clan and lizardans, the orcs were the blood which made them function properly

The forest, where the Gullam hunters were stationed, was the most distant area from the west and east of Curtis, and only a small number of soldiers were placed there Since it was the rear with a low chance of facing the enemy, only a small unit was needed to patrol and maintain the security

As the western part of Curtis landed in the hands of the western barbarians, 3rd Prince Victor and Paran chief Berkintox headed south and east, respectively

Victor’s goal was to secure the lizardmen In a situation where the Paran tribe’s betrayal was evident, he placed more hope in the south, than the east It was likely the lizardmen, ere usually on bad terree to a rebellion

As Victor expected, Berkintox hadn’t allied with the lizardmen Thus, Berkintox headed east instead of south He would use the orcs, who had revolted in the west, to absorb the orcs of the east and turn them into allies Simultaneously, they would intercept the connection between the Deht All of Curtis was rattled by the destruction of the transportation forhty monster and stared toward the east The rew beyond the Western Liift the barbarians had prepared for Berkintox

Berkintox’s life waswith the barbarians He had lived a lifeti’s Palace

So, it was no wonder that Anastasia had never iined the Paran clan’s betrayal In the hundreds of years since the De’s Palace had been established, the Paran clan had always been loyal Many years had passed with no deception

Moreover, there was no ’s Palace The western part of Curtis belonged to the Paran clan originally They had lived on the land and fought the barbarians beyond the li’s Palace had even been established They hadn’t been forced to join the de’s army

The people of the Paran clan weren’t as foolish as the various species found throughout the Deet one fact

The Paran clan was strong, but the Deer Even if the Paran clan revolted and took Curtis, it would only last for a short time The Paran clan wouldn’t be able to hold on once the De’s Palace ly due to belonging to the arain, there was no reason for betrayal as the consequences of the betrayal would be terrible Why would they incite a rebellion despite knowing this? Anyone who doubted the Paran tribe would have been insane That’s why Anastasia hadn’t felt any doubt, and neither could Victor iine the betrayal of the Paran clan

Berkintox ured out the tiure out that the transportation formations had been destroyed and the time it would take to dispatch the arh He could fight against the De’s Palace and win

It was ioal which couldn’t be accomplished even if they joined hands with the barbarians Even if all of the powers in Curtis were gathered, it would just be a dream

However, Berkintox dreaht it was possible

It was due to the person he’d met It was thanks to him that Berkintox and the western barbarians could join forces

His plan, his goal…

The collapse of the De’s Palace It was inevitable that a new order would doy of War As an apostle of war, he spread the fires of war

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The night deepened

The barbarians surrounding the central fortress didn’t attack instantly They just shrieked in an eerie ht

It was a clever act

There was an order to the barbarians’ ht They roup which howled to scare the central fortress and a group which rested The barbarians’ behaviour was to hide several things

First, it was to buy enough ti from beyond the Western Limit Line The barbarians, who had helped Paran tribe take over the other fortresses, wereto the central fortress

The second was to harass the central fortress The barbarians knew there would be no fighting during the night It was also virtually impossible for the troops stationed at the central fortress to start the battle first

However, the central fortress didn’t know these facts which ht Furtherue which would weaken the arhtmares The barbarians weren’t nocturnal It was daytiht was the tihtht than the day So, froht battle Fighting the eneer, would be a foolish act which not even a monster would make

Anastasia discovered all of this, but even if she told theht, the soldiers of the central fortress wouldn’t be able to rest In the end, it was just a guess Moreover, if soldiers weren’t seen on the walls, the barbarians would strike The barbarians held the initiative in this fight

Anastasia thought positively Buying h Victor had abandoned Anastasia, she hadn’t given up She would hold on If she survived for a while, there was still hope

Anastasia ordered the nightmares to rest and also had the soldiers on the walls sleep in shifts The nightic, unique to them, for the soldiers who couldn’t sleep due to tension and fear

After cli up to the top of the walls, Anastasia looked down at the barbarians According to her esti could she hold on?

Anastasia didn’t calculate it In the few hours left before the battle started, she prepared as ic spells as possible

Then at dawn, the sun rose to signal

The barbarians started to move

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The roar of a monster announced the start of the battle It was followed by the sound of horns which shook the entire central fortress

The barbarians were faithful to the basics There were 20,000~30,000 warriors, so they chose thea fortress They rushed from every side of the central fortress with shouts which seemed to tear the sky apart

The walls of the central fortress were thick and high Even though the Paran clan had an average height of 10 ht On top of that, soldiers froh they were lacking, in comparison to the 30,000 eneht bravely

“Shoot!”

The soldiers fired arrows from the fortress The barbarians raised their shields above their heads and ran through the heavy rain of arrows The number of arroas less than the nu from four directions

The barbarians stuck to the walls So hooks and look ladders recovered fro’s troops poured boiling oil and stones down the walls It was already a situation where they couldn’t shoot arrows as the barbarians were cli!

There was a roar and the walls shook significantly It was the sound of a ainst the walls Theand hard

The soldiers were confused at the existence of such a inally, the Paran clan would be the ones to deal with such monsters So, it was doubtful the attacks from common monsters would work