Red Mountain City was built against the mountains. It was a small city with a history of only a dozen or so years.
A level-5 territory.
As a veteran level-5 lord, Red Mountain Lord was already a fairly outstanding lord. After all, there were plenty of lords who had built and managed their territories for twenty or thirty years yet still failed to pass the Advancement Trial.
Relying on a Red Copper Ore mine he had discovered in his early years, Red Mountain Lord had already developed his territory fairly completely, with all kinds of military and civilian facilities in place. Although its location was relatively remote, Red Mountain City could still be considered a fairly prosperous small city.
Red Mountain City also had towering crimson walls, which completely protected the side facing the wilderness.
That was precisely why Red Mountain City had been able to hold out against the sudden Monster Tide instead of being swept away and destroyed in an instant.
Even so...
The monsters' roars reached their ears, while thunderous booms rang out without pause.
"Bang—"
A flying monster fell from the sky and crashed into the City Lord's Mansion, smashing several large potted plants. The flying monster still possessed tenacious vitality. It thrashed about constantly, destroying everything around it until the guards stabbed it again and again with their spears, finally killing it.
The wind blew past, carrying the stench of blood straight into their faces.
Red Mountain City Lord hurried to contact reinforcements.
The Alliance, the Panshi City authorities, the surrounding lords, his old friends, and the Red Dragon Group to which Red Mountain City belonged.
He was a Group Lord, a lord who had received investment from the Red Dragon Group and climbed step by step to the City Lord realm.
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