"Yes, we've won again!"
Nalant nodded with a smile.
"But... but..."
The kings wanted to say, But we haven't even clashed with the enemy at close quarters.
And we've already won? Was this victory guaranteed to be fully cooked?
Nalant understood the kings' feelings perfectly.
It was like an advertising slogan from his previous life: "Doctor, has it started?"
The doctor answered, "It's already over!"
One could well imagine the sense of loss in the kings' hearts.
"Then just wait and see!"
Nalant stopped urging the kings and simply let them see the truth with their own eyes.
The kings then stared blankly as the Dark Creatures drew nearer and nearer.
Normally, when the Dark Creatures reached a little over two miles away, the catapults within the city would begin firing, giving them their first baptism of bombardment.
But as the alliance soldiers below saw the Dark Creatures getting closer and closer, no orders came from atop the walls.
They could not help but grow anxious, wondering whether the kings had forgotten to give the order to attack.
In the end, the Dark Creatures had already come within five hundred meters of the city walls, yet not a single order had been issued from within the city.
By then, even the Longbowmen on the walls were thoroughly baffled.
What puzzled them even more was that the Dark Creatures outside the city had not seized the opportunity to launch a charge either.
Normally, once the Dark Creatures came within one or two miles, they would pick up speed.
Some of the enormous behemoths would even pick up rocks and hurl them violently into the city.
Yet today, whether it was the alliance or the Dark Creatures, both sides seemed to share an unspoken, inexplicable understanding. Neither side launched an attack.
Finally,