As a stone shell flew out, the siege began.
Inside the city.
"They're here again. If this keeps up, those Evil Cult people are going to go mad again."
Seeing what was happening atop the distant city walls, the mother hurriedly pulled her family out of the house.
There were five of them in total.
That included her two children, a boy and a girl; her cousin, the children's uncle, who had come to look after her; and herself.
Bang!
The distant city wall seemed to have been hit, sending rubble flying everywhere.
In fact, this city had once been controlled by the Holy Church. After being captured by the enemy, it had not been massacred, but the civilians within had still suffered brutal rule, with countless casualties.
Especially after every Holy Church Army siege, the enemy temporarily controlling the city would vent their anger by killing large numbers of ordinary people, leaving the civilians living there in constant fear.
This family was one such case. There should originally have been six people, but for some reason, one day the father had suddenly shouted that he would take up arms and kill the enemy, then charged off to fight them with his life.
Since there had been too many people like him, all sorts of disturbing rumors had begun spreading through the city.
"Who knows what madness possessed your father? He actually dared to rush at the enemy with a weapon in his bare hands, shouting something about doing it for the Lord. He was insane. He was just an ordinary person—who needed him to risk his life?" Thinking of her husband made the mother sad.
The group had already run out into the street and started sprinting toward the northern city wall.
They normally had no way to escape,