Pent-Up Resentment Erupts

Since they had chosen today to attack the city, the Hori Kingdom could not possibly have come unprepared. Vast swathes of earth magic caused no small amount of trouble for their charge, but before long, the muddy ground was covered with bamboo planks and corpses. The soldiers raised their battering rams and continued rushing forward without fear of death.

Boom!

The foremost squad had already lifted their ram and slammed it hard into the city gate.

"Hold the line! Don't let them break in!"

The city guard captain's hoarse roar rang out amid the chaos. Countless soldiers in Locke City surged toward the gate, using their bodies and bag after bag of stones to brace it shut.

Meanwhile, after casting a series of spells, the earth mages defending the city quietly withdrew to the side to restore their spiritual power. At the same time, a fresh team of mages moved up to the front lines.

"Wind mage squad, water mage squad, attack now!"

At Benjamin's loud command, green and blue signal flags began to wave, and the two mage squads, who had endured for so long, flew into the sky. Gale winds, blizzards... layer upon layer of killing intent lurked within the two elements as they howled toward the enemy army!

In that instant, widespread screams erupted among the Hori Kingdom's siege force.

—In order to assault the city gate, that open stretch of ground was packed nearly solid with Hori Kingdom soldiers. Against enemies gathered so densely, the large-scale destructive magic unleashed by more than a thousand mages displayed an extraordinarily obvious effect at this moment!

Great swathes of Hori Kingdom soldiers fell beneath wind blades and ice arrows like autumn wheat, harvested row after row.

General Pres grew a little anxious at that moment.

"What are you doing,