969. Presites
The two mountain ranges north and south of Valeria Valley stretched eastward from the West Coast, finally converging more than three hundred kilometers away. At the point where those mountains met stood Presit City.
The Gray Dwarves had built a mountain city atop the peaks here. Its City Wall connected to the mountains on either side, making the city look as though it had grown from the sheer cliffs...
From high above, the Magic Airship offered a complete view of Presit City. The city was clearly smaller than Boles City, but it had been built on a mountain pass, giving it an incomparably imposing presence...
A winding mountain road in the valley led to Presit City. Beyond the valley lay sheer cliffs that completely cut it off from the outside world.
Roy felt that a single phrase described all of Presit City—utterly dilapidated.
The city was practically a ruin, a ruin atop the mountain peak.
Countless collapsed houses, along with the buildings that had not yet fallen, made up this mountain city.
The sheer cliffs and precipices were also riddled with holes. Roy had no idea how the Black Knight Army had left so many scars on cliffs hundreds of meters high. He did not believe they had used that many magical weapons to bombard the cliffs.
Roy stood at the bow, his gaze passing over Presit City toward the vast land to the East Side.
Though they were far away, Roy could still see beacon fires everywhere across that land. Billowing black smoke rose into the sky and merged with the clouds overhead.
Tents could be seen everywhere across that land.
A Gray Dwarf Official followed behind Roy, his gaze also falling upon the vast land outside Presit City.
"Those are the Demon Servant Army, the vanguard