Chapter 290: (290) Starved

Zolis was pleased with how the battle for the South Gate had turned out. Unlike the battle to the north, the commanders in the south had been killed off almost instantly, thanks to Blade's party.

Due to this, the surrender came sooner, and more lives were spared. Out of the two thousand men that had stood against them, only around nine hundred were slain before they set aside their arms.

She didn't expect such an outcome at the East Gate. Based on Filthy's earlier estimates, he believed that more than ninety percent of those eight thousand soldiers were under the effects of a slave contract.

The higher-ups had sent the fodder around the sides to serve as a distraction while they were blasting the eastern wall. She knew this, but she couldn't just allow the north and south walls to be attacked freely.