Although Lily had slowed down as much as she could, the impact of a War Beast over five meters tall and covered in heavy armor crashing into the city wall still startled the defending soldiers. Some wounded soldiers who had just been relieved and were resting in the rear even thought the wall had finally been breached when they heard the thunderous crash. They looked up in horror toward the sound, only to see a nose as large as a calf's waving back and forth above the battlements.
Lily clawed and scratched at White Maple City's walls with all four paws, trying desperately to climb over them. However, the towering vertical surface and the slick magical shield covering it made that difficult. The Husky Girl leaped up and down outside in a panic, shouting as she jumped, "Open the gates! Let us in! Can't you see we're here to help?!"
The defending soldiers were in complete chaos by now. They could naturally tell that the giant beast before them had come to help, but the city's highest defensive barrier had already been activated. Opening the gates now meant temporarily shutting down the magical barrier on the city's front, while the Flame Monsters outside had already gathered for a new offensive. Clearly, this was not a decision a group of frontline soldiers could make—in fact, even the commanders standing on the wall did not have that authority. They had no choice but to send messengers sprinting toward the fortress inside the city, where the lord and other authorized officers were coordinating the overall defense.
At that moment, a new wave of monsters had gathered again. In fact, they had already exceeded the concept of "a group of monsters." Countless humanoid creatures wreathed in flames stood densely packed together, advancing steadily across