Brown Demons and a Backstab

"The enemy is catching up! Open the city gates, quickly!"

Asby, a Half-Dragon King-tier Troop and commander of the Bronze Dragon's eastern theater servant army, had fought his way out of the Sparta Legion's encirclement at a terrible cost. He led his army to the nearest vassal territory to the northeast.

By then, they were exhausted and desperately needed to enter the city and rest.

After fighting Kratos, Asby had suffered even more severe injuries after his wings were torn off. A Half-Dragon Hero Unit had to take temporary command of the remnants, while Asby was carried by other Half-Dragons and relied on the Healing Potion granted by the Bronze Dragon, Fabrio, to recover as quickly as possible.

The one who had just called for the gates to be opened was the Half-Dragon Hero Unit who had temporarily taken over command.

However, in response to the order to open the gates, the Half-Dragon received nothing but a rain of arrows shooting from the city walls.

The arrows were not especially powerful, but some of them were explosive. Caught off guard, they dealt a considerable blow to the already severely depleted servant army.

"Bastards! What the hell are you wretches doing?!"

The Hero Unit pulled an arrow from his wing and snapped it between his fingers. Gritting his teeth, he glared at the territory ahead, wishing he could charge in and tear apart every last one of the archers.

These lowly vassals had actually dared to shoot at the noble Child of the Dragon!

Normally, faced with such an act of disrespect, the Child of the Dragon's fury would have completely destroyed the territory and slaughtered every race within it.

However, when Asby, the commander of the servant army, saw the race on the city wall, he could not help but