Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Upon hearing Aurora's words, Barrett felt a chill in his heart.

Furious, he shouted, "They don't need to sacrifice themselves! The Mystic Army is leading the siege! We're just supporting them. Even if you're here to help me, you could have them load stones instead of sending them to their deaths!"

Michael no longer cared about the chaos, and commanded, "Mystic Army, up the ladders! If anyone's not part of our unit, kick them down!"

The Mystic Army, initially stunned, quickly regained their composure. They began climbing the ladders again, pulling down or kicking off anyone not wearing Mystic Army armor. People continued to fall, but they at least had a chance to survive without being speared.

Seeing the situation coming under control, Barrett shoved Aurora aside. "Go cry somewhere else!"

He rushed to the catapults, and instructed, "Keep loading the stones! Keep firing!"

Aurora stood and wiped away her tears, her expression hardening. She ordered her soldiers to fall back, waiting for the city to be breached so they could rush in.

Her troops simply must steal Carissa's glory!

Barrett would regret this!

focused on destroying the crossbow machines. Liam had clearly prepared enough archers to replace those they killed, but at least

opportunity to open the gate, which required more than one person to cover him. Only he and Carissa had the skill to do it alone. Violet

of iron. Opening them was an arduous ordeal, especially when countless arrows kept raining down

several archers and waiting for the next wave, he flew to Carissa's side. He quickly

spun her Rose Spear, glancing quickly at Rafael. His face was covered in the enemy's blood, and she figured hers was probably the

"Yes, sir!" she responded.

battlefield, lives were as

through the city like a shooting

followed closely, spinning the Rose Spear in her hand

and the others quickly took positions on the four corners of

of Mystic Army soldiers who had climbed onto the walls saw

off-their offensive and defensive formations were perfectly executed. The hardships endured during training were worthwhile, as these maneuvers had become muscle memory. After taking down one wave, the shield unit quickly repositioned to face the next wave of

and Carissa. They formed a tight shield formation around the