Chapter 72 (1/2)

The siege warfare became , several thousand corpses from both sides were strewn all over and in the vicinity of the fortress walls The walls of Watt Fortress were dyed red with blood and gave off a pungent smell

Reuenthal did not order a retreat even after the fierce battle in the e into Watt Fortress in batches Even though a lot of his e of regret It was because he knew that he had to capture Watt Fortress to fortify his position in the Northwest He had to capture Watt Fortress before he could consider the possibility of having complete control of the Northwest

As long as he could occupy the Northwest for a long period of time, he would be able to make use of the mines and harvests frodom! His cavalries would be able to wear armor He would also be able to provide his infantrymen with the best equipment and his soldiers with sufficient supply of food

These were all things that the Great Moon Kingdom were very short of

With these materials, they would be able to build a foundation to crush the E as they had 2 or 3 years for cultivation, the Great Moon Kingdoht a full-scale ith the Radiant Empire and compete for supremacy of the continent!

That hy Reuenthal made up his mind to capture Watt Fortress even if he had to sacrifice half of his soldiers

So what if we lose half of our soldiers?

The grasslands were full of valiant warriors Reuenthal only needed to give the order and all the young et on their horses and form a brave cavalry

Due to this, Reuenthal decided that he had to obtain Watt Fortress no e his sacrifice He needed the Watt Fortress and the otherdefense system in the Northwest He had to do so to make sure that the Northould redom!

The Empire's soldiers on the walls were already exhausted They were injured and all of theer had any more reserves He had already on two occasions, ates up to the walls He did not dare to do so again because Reuenthal'sIt would be very dire if any one of those gates left e Reuenthal

In one , the archers had exhausted all of their arrows Asladders and claer have space to shoot their arrows, so they pulled out their swords for close co, up on those narroalls Reuben had already lost more than 20,000 of his soldiers!

Many of the Earrison soldiers had fully utilized their swords It was not known if the blood that coated the swords belonged to their enen barbarians did not seee forward Their swords were like tools used for harvesting hu their swords, they would collect a slice of bloody flesh Above the walls, the people were tightly squeezed together like ants Their screams and roars filled the whole earth

Reuben also personally participated in the battle He did not remember the number of soldiers he had killed He ed to pierce the warrior's chest However, before the warrior died, he slashed at Reuben and alht arm was so deep that even his bone was visible However, he kept fighting and did not have time to dress his wound

Reuben started to feel afraid He did not fear death but he was afraid that they would finally be unable to defend Watt Fortress The sound of killing could still be heard above the walls The roup of fierce and fearless enemies who continued to rush up the walls They all looked like savages and seemed to be endless

Are they really not afraid to die?

An extrerief and heroism entered his heart and made him feel restless He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder as a sword cut through his broken ar his sith his left hand and cut the enemy into two Suddenly, he felt weak and he almost fell to the floor

A few loyal bodyguards rushed forward and engaged the enemy while two more soldiers desperately held Reuben's body and pulled him out

”It's the end We cannot defend the walls any longer!” Reuben was about to give an order for his soldiers to retreat froht on the streets Suddenly, one of his soldiers trembled in excitement and shouted, ”Your Excellency, Your Excellency! Listen… that… that is…!”

The loud and clear sound of a horn could be heard fro and sounded different fro