After the fixed end of the drawbridge on the triangular fort was severed, all the people on the bridge tumbled down onto the open ground between the triangular fort and the city gate.
Fearing a Venetian assault, the defenders dared not open the city gate to rescue them.
This hastily constructed triangular fort was actually just an earthen mound, without even an entrance or exit, save for the drawbridge connecting it to the city wall.
After destroying the drawbridge, the Venetians temporarily cut off the defenders' support and turned to focus on annihilating the remaining Tanilia Federation soldiers inside the fort.
About a dozen Federation soldiers fled into a storage room deep within the triangular fort—a space so cramped that the Venetians couldn't handle them for the moment.
Juan, seeing his own men standing at the door with none daring to enter, felt a surge of rage and cursed out loud, "Cowards! What are you staring at? Take off your armor and give it to me!"