Divine Right of Various Anime and Manga

They used their familiarity with the terrain and their overwhelming numerical advantage to hold this unit at bay for the time being, fighting it to a draw.

The wanderers knew they had to break into the Winter Palace and capture the Tsar as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, once troops from the other cities were transferred to Saint Petersburg as reinforcements, their defeat would be inevitable.

But this balance was quickly broken. As the uprising gained momentum, more and more wanderers in the city joined it.

Their overwhelming numbers, along with weapons and equipment that were far from poor, began forcing the Saint Petersburg garrison into one retreat after another.

In the noble district, many well-dressed aristocrats stood atop buildings, drinking fine wine as they mocked the uprising.

"Those damned commoners are at it again..."

Standing inside a clean, immaculate building, they could see the entire decrepit old district below.

Although explosions occasionally rang out across the district, flames rose into the air, and gunshots continued without end, the nobles treated it all as nothing more than a farce and paid it no mind.

After all, His Majesty the Tsar's guards had not yet been deployed.

If those terrifying secret police were all mobilized, then even if the commoners somehow obtained weapons, they still could not possibly stand against His Majesty's guards.

That mindless army even struck fear into all the nobles, because it showed no mercy when killing nobles either.

"His Majesty should have nothing left to say this time, right? I told you we should have wiped out all these commoners. Keeping them alive only wastes food."

"Exactly, exactly. His Majesty is simply too merciful at times, always giving these commoners chances to live, yet they never appreciate it."

The nobles chatted and laughed as they watched the wanderers