City of Guardianship.
The core defensive fortress city of the human territories on the Northern Great Plains, it was also the last line of defense for the tens of millions of square kilometers of land behind it.
Its importance was self-evident. Back when the Human Alliance had built it, three top-tier Legendary magic arrays had been inscribed into the city, and every material used in its construction had been an exceptionally sturdy precious metal.
According to estimates, the cost of constructing City of Guardianship alone had exceeded a hundred million gold coins. Once the fees for mages and Magic Pattern Masters were included, the total would have multiplied several times over.
Later, as the various nations withdrew their forces and were unwilling to see the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom continue to grow stronger, they all pulled their power back.
Thus, this massive city, built through the painstaking efforts of humanity, fell into Roland's hands, allowing the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom to pick up a huge bargain.
Of course, whether it was truly a bargain or a disaster remained to be seen.
If it could withstand the Beastkin Empire's attacks, the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom would truly gain a firm foothold on the North Continent. If it could not, the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom would be nothing more than the next Terra Kingdom.
Therefore, after taking over City of Guardianship, the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom immediately invested vast resources into further strengthening its defenses.
Although the city walls and layout were difficult to alter due to the presence of the Legendary magic arrays, the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom had pushed its defensive equipment to the utmost limit.
Permanent Magic Crossbows lined the towering walls, rows of sharp arrows gleaming coldly from them, while thick, heavy Rolling Logs were piled all around.
Inside the city, enormous Type II