Chapter 289
Side Story 22
Thud!
With a sound that seemed to tear the heavens apart, cannonballs poured forth simultaneously from the artillery batteries lining the city walls.
“Bring down that monster! Do not let it reach His Majesty the Emperor!”
The fortress, a crucial stronghold of the Ninth Empire connecting to the imperial capital and simultaneously hailed as its last bastion, was desperately unleashing a barrage of fire.
Once dubbed the ‘Fortress of Destruction’ for its absurdly large arsenal of artillery, it stood as an invincible stronghold that even the revolutionary army dared not challenge lightly.
Boom, thud!
Endless cannonballs and black powder rained down upon the loathsome colossus. Shells slammed into its legs, and the magic-enhanced gunpowder ignited, triggering secondary explosions.
“Its core is collapsing! Our attack is working!”
“Fire! Ignite the gunpowder in the cannonballs! Breaking through here is the same as clearing the path to His Imperial Majesty!”
That’s why they were desperately shouting, clinging to hope by any means necessary, desperately trying to give meaning to their fight.
Even though the true enemy they faced wasn’t some golem fused from flesh and bone and cold steel.
As if defeating that monster would somehow be their victory.
But it was precisely then.
CRASH!
“Huh…?”
One of the artillerymen manning the cannons along the ramparts saw something writhing its way up the castle walls.
