Bab 884: 702

Huge black crows circled and shrieked overhead, the sky a crimson gloom pressing down over the city, as if even the heavens and earth were weeping at twilight.

Sporadic sounds of fierce fighting, wailing, and explosive booms echoed endlessly through the valley, shredding the nerves of every warrior.

In this hellish landscape, the warriors of the Poson Kingdom fought relentlessly, bloodied but unbowed, using their flesh and blood to form the final barrier.

Garrisoned at the Hargengarde Fortress were the Central Army of the Poson Kingdom.

Seven days ago, when the Cerryti Empire launched their attack, rather than mobilizing the key stationed troops from the farther south, the Poson Kingdom had deployed the Central Army to its full capacity to join forces with the southwestern border troops.

This troop was known as "Poson Iron Riders" with Hargengarde Fortress manned by the First Legion and Fifth Legion of Poson Iron Riders.