The Central Region of the Canglong Continent, the Royal Capital of Ifenling.
The Great Bell Tower stood in the central district of Ifenling City. Aside from the Doyin, few people knew the place name "Ifenling"; most called it the Royal Capital.
At dusk, the setting sun shone in from the horizon. After being blocked by the towering city walls, it formed a dim yellow band of light above them.
At that moment, the Great Bell Tower inside the Royal Capital gave off a deep, muffled clang. The streets were quiet. Two days earlier, the civilians in the city had already begun being evacuated.
It was not only Doyin's Royal Capital. The civilians in the Chaos Legion's main city had long since been evacuated as well. Centers of power like these were the easiest targets for surprise attacks. To both sides, population was the foundation, while soldiers guaranteed development.
Countless city guards stood watch atop the walls. A substance resembling black rock had condensed along the inner side of the walls, forming a long, gentle slope.
This greatly increased the walls' defensive power, while also allowing the city guards inside to rush up or retreat from the walls as quickly as possible, avoiding the enemy's long-range attacks.
A total of 500,000 city guards guarded the walls in the four directions of the Royal Capital. Every city guard stood perfectly straight. In their left hands were heavy, round shields. These shields were made entirely of metal, bulging outward on the front and caving inward on the back. Their edges were relatively thin, while the central region was nearly ten centimeters thick.
Besides their round heavy shields, the city guards held all-metal war spears in their right hands. Conservatively, each war spear weighed at least 300 kilograms, to say nothing of the armor