Preparing for Negotiations

The bloody scene left everyone utterly stunned. The warriors held back outside cursed furiously, because they had nearly become victims themselves.

The lucky ones who had successfully made it inside the inner wall were filled with lingering fear, their eyes brimming with terror.

The unluckiest were those pinned beneath the gate's portcullis. They looked absolutely miserable, and anyone who saw them would feel pity. Their shrill wails made them seem like evil spirits dragged out of hell.

"Close the gates!"

The commander was slightly stunned after seeing the brutal scene caused by his order, but he quickly recovered. Although his scalp tingled faintly, he still remembered his duty.

The soldiers were too shocked to react, so the commander shouted again, "I said close the gates! You damned swine! Do I have to do it myself?"

Under this harsh reprimand, the soldiers under his command finally came to their senses and hurried to close the gates.

"No! Please..."

"Ghh... save me..."

Several warriors pinned beneath the portcullis were still alive. Their eyes were unfocused, and thick bubbles of blood spilled from their mouths.

"No... We can't save them..."

There was no problem with these soldiers fighting on the battlefield. Killing or being killed was perfectly normal. But seeing their own allies right before them, killed by their own people through such an extremely bloody and brutal method, was something many of them could not accept.

"Don't! May you all die horrible deaths!"

"We'll never let you off! You beasts!"

The warriors trapped outside the gates cursed and roared loudly. At that moment, all their hopes had been stripped away, and they hated the people inside the city to the bone.

"What are you looking at? Get to the walls and report in immediately! You damned deserters are alive only because of