The so-called barbarians were the tribes scattered beyond the Great Fall Realm. Whether in culture, productive capacity, governing structure, or mobilization ability, none of them could compare to the Great Fall Dynasty.
For that very reason, the Great Fall Dynasty ordinarily paid these barbarian tribes little heed. At the slightest disturbance from them, they would often face the dynasty's thunderous strike. Situations like this one, where barbarians had attacked all the way to the royal capital, were exceedingly rare.
This was not without precedent. Due to the limitations of transportation and communication in this age, there were inevitably many gaps in defense and reconnaissance. In the past, barbarians had approached the royal capital before, but at such times, the royal guards would strike at once and utterly crush the invading enemy!
But the situation unfolding before Ni Lue and the others was entirely different.
"The barbarians are actually slaughtering people throughout the royal capital?!"
What they saw were burly men clad in beast hides, with rough features and unkempt hair, wildly swinging their long blades and cutting down the city's people before them! Wounding them! Killing them!
"Stop!"
Ni Lue and the others were all hot-blooded descendants of military families. How could they endure watching Great Fall citizens die before their eyes? At once, they bellowed, some drawing bows and nocking arrows, others unsheathing sabers and swords! Their commotion naturally alerted the barbarians immersed in slaughter. The nearest few turned at the sound, spotted Ni Lue and the others, revealed cruel smiles, then raised their weapons and howled as they charged directly at the warhorses!
Yet amid the charge, Ni Lue noticed one detail. His gaze swept across the hands of the oncoming barbarians, and what entered his eyes were streaks of cold gleam!
*Where did their weapons come from?