The first clash broke out quickly, but Xuelute's attack was severely hampered. After failing to shoot an arrow at the southern section of Haiya Fortress's walls, they soon exposed their objective and fell under siege. They had no choice but to retreat, and the battle line briefly fell back to the midpoint between Fatan Port's main wall and Haiya Fortress. Only after Delphine committed two more squads of Port Guards to the battle did they barely manage to stabilize their formation.
At the southern section of Haiya Fortress's walls, Captain of the Knights Sok had just recovered from the false alarm on top of the wall when he noticed that the undead's attack had been stalled as well. It seemed their earlier attack had still been discovered. He realized this at once. The Port Guards clearly intended to retake Haiya Fortress, but they obviously had no idea how many enemies were inside. Since their opponents were still putting up a desperate resistance, they must have been buying time for their allies in the rear to set up defenses.
When had the battle spirit and tactical discipline of Fatan Port's garrison become so formidable? He could not help feeling surprised. That was not to say he had ever known much about these local garrison troops, who could not even be counted as second-rate legions. It was simply a common understanding. As an elite of the Empire and the vanguard of the White Legion, Sok naturally had the right to look down on these local brothers-in-arms. The standard displayed by the Port Guards today had clearly exceeded his expectations.
After two squads of fresh troops joined the battle, the situation on the battlefield unexpectedly began to tilt again. Xuelute and his comrades even managed to push back to the foot of the