Lehman City.
The fortress built by the Carlo Family.
It was also the front line of the Beastmen Kingdom's attacks against the Alpha Kingdom.
During every invasion.
The Beastmen armies had gathered at Lehman City.
Whenever the Alpha Kingdom marched north for a decisive battle.
Their objective had always been to conquer Lehman City.
Yet to this day.
The city had never been breached.
Moreover, as time passed.
The power of the Beastmen Nobles grew increasingly formidable.
Large numbers of Beastmen Pioneer Territories were established.
They had forcibly carved out a huge swath of territory from the Alpha Kingdom.
Large numbers of Pioneer Lords had formed a buffer between Human Tire City and Lehman City.
Before this.
Neither side had been able to do anything to the other.
Thus, they had maintained a limited peace.
Caravans traveled between the two cities, conducting trade.
But after the old governor of Tire City suddenly died in the capital of the Alpha Kingdom.
Rumors of discord spread between the Border Nobles and the royal family.
The two sides had even clashed covertly several times.
To stabilize the territory behind them.
The Border Nobles had no choice but to recall some of the Pioneer Lords to defend it.
This gave the Beastmen of Lehman City an opportunity.
They seized this once-in-a-thousand-years chance.
And decisively sent out their troops.
Within just a few days, they seized the territories of the Pioneer Lords outside Tire City.
Their army reached the walls of Tire City.
When the news spread, the Alpha Kingdom was shaken.
The Border Nobles and the royal family made peace.
The two sides began gathering their legions and marching north to provide support.
But it would take at least half a month for the reinforcements to arrive.
And Tire City could not wait half