On the morning of June 26, 9795 of the Radiant Calendar, more than thirty thousand warriors from the Seventh Legion's six battalions formed up beneath Bados City.
The First and Second Battalions spearheaded the assault from the west, while the Fourth, Eighth, Tenth, and Twelfth Battalions launched supporting attacks from the north and south.
War drums thundered across the wilderness, shaking the morale of both armies.
Atop the high walls, Kasper, commander of the Stone Armor Legion, stood on the ramparts and watched the slowly advancing troops without the slightest change in expression.
After two months of siege, he had been waiting for the enemy to attack the city. At last, they had come.
As for the obvious strategy of attacking three sides while leaving one open, there was no answer to such an open scheme. He could only raise his butcher's blade and slaughter anyone who disrupted the army's morale, ensuring that no one spoke of retreat without speaking of battle.
"Raise the Holy Blood Shield."
"Yes, Commander." The officer standing behind Kasper answered, then hurried to the nearby signal platform and had the signalmen relay the order to the Square Towers within the city through flag signals.
Three minutes later, a dark red barrier slowly condensed, enveloping the entire city.
At the embrasures along the walls, more than a hundred Iron Cobalt Roarers were pushed to the front.
More than three hundred Stone Armor Legion soldiers began loading special Magic Crystal ammunition into the Iron Cobalt Roarers, preparing them to fire.
At the same time, sixteen Floating Battleships of the First Floating Fleet rose from the Seventh Legion's camp. More than a thousand offensive spells activated, crazily drawing Mana Energy from the Large Element Pools.
The First Magic Energy Cannon Battalion, under the Supreme Command and temporarily assigned