Within Fatan Port, the main city wall was already in utter ruins. Multiple sections had been blasted apart by magic, with rubble strewn across the ground. Amid the billowing smoke and dust, Imperial soldiers in red-and-white battle robes trampled over the collapsed walls and surged inside. On the sections of wall that remained intact, troops in the same uniforms were gradually gaining the upper hand. Siege ladders were being hooked onto the battlements one after another, and more and more red and white soldiers were gathering atop the walls through them, forming an unstoppable flood. By contrast, the blue representing Fatan Port's defenders was steadily retreating. In fact, in most areas, the fighting had already entered its final stages and shifted into street battles.
The situation seemed to have changed only moments ago. Sidney had summoned the descent of the Wrathful Angel Airoma, annihilating all the undead in the valley in one stroke. The Port Guard then launched a counterattack and recaptured Haiya Fortress. But the good times did not last. The White Legion soon arrived on the battlefield and launched a fierce assault. The Imperial Mage Corps, led by the great mage Tony from Xiannian, had blasted Haiya Fortress flat at almost any cost, leaving behind a bottomless pit several hundred meters across. The Port Guard had suffered heavy losses in the attack. Because of Brando's prior orders, Charles had not let Tonigell's Mage Corps launch a counterattack. In fact, a counterattack would have achieved little anyway—the disparity in strength between the two sides was obvious.
The White Legion immediately launched an offensive against Fatan Port. Although the Port Guard, buoyed by its earlier victory, put up a desperate resistance, the huge disparity in strength had determined the outcome from the very beginning. The Imperial Mage Corps soon blasted