"Yeah, what exactly happened in the rear? Those bastards hid it so deeply—they hadn't used that Graybone Earth Dragon to attack us these past two days, yet now they've sent it to the rear instead!"
"Indeed. With so many Dark Creatures outside the city, along with that Graybone Earth Dragon, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold the duke's city."
The other nobles were equally unable to make sense of it. The sight of the Graybone Earth Dragon in particular left them deeply shaken with lingering fear.
How could they know that if Nalant had not plundered the Earth Essence deep within the Land of Death, the Pope truly had planned to begin attacking them over the past two days?
That Graybone Earth Dragon rider had only gathered enough Earth Essence to summon it this morning.
They had originally planned to summon two of them, which would have allowed them to wipe out everyone inside the duke's city completely.
But because Nalant was simply too difficult to deal with, they could only settle for the next best thing.
Of course, in order to prevent those inside the duke's city from forcing a breakout, the Pope and the armored knight could no longer remain idle. They personally led their subordinates to the outskirts of the duke's city to stand guard.
The Pope himself was extremely powerful—a Sky Knight who had advanced many years ago.
The armored knight was the same.
With the two of them waiting outside the city, the nobles' plans to force their way out had come to nothing.
After all, if they truly fled, someone would certainly have to remain behind to hold those two off.
"Duke Miller, because of your opposition, you've led everyone straight into danger!"
"If we had retreated earlier, Merck the fallen one