"Hm?"
A soldier who had been dozing off while on patrol seemed to hear something and instinctively raised his head to look.
"Haah—!"
Clang—
The long halberd swept past, carving a line through the knight and his helmet alike. Then he split apart completely, blood bursting from the severed wound in a great spray. The knight died before he could react.
"Enemy—" Another knight tried to raise the alarm in terror, but the moment he opened his mouth, a scepter smashed into his head, splattering red and white everywhere.
Like a war god, Liao Ye swung his heavy halberd in broad, powerful arcs. Every strike carried devastating force; ordinary knights could not even withstand his second blow before being separated from their heads.
"The two Hassans have already gone to clear out the knights on the walls! Everyone, hurry! Mash, break down the gate!" Fujimaru Ritsuka ran behind them, issuing orders as he sprinted. "Watch out for the Purge Knights inside the fortress!"
"Right!"
"Yaaahhh—!"
Mash braced her shield before her, building momentum with a running start before crashing into the not-so-sturdy gate. The gate collapsed with a thunderous boom, and, just as expected, five Purge Knights were already waiting behind it.
The Purge Knights were like high-precision machines. They had no emotions and knew only how to kill according to their orders.
They were not truly "knights"; they merely bore the name Purge Knights.
Five spears slashed toward Mash at once, but in that instant, her shield gave her an incomparable sense of security.
Thud!
The spears collided with the shield with an immensely heavy sound, yet Mash did not retreat a single step.
"How could I possibly lose to something like this?!"
Gritting her teeth, she suddenly exerted herself and forced back all five Purge Knights' attacks. Behind