Inside Ogochai, there were still people forming a square, resisting.1

“If we drag it out for as long as we can, reinforcements will come.” Gert, the militia commander, said.0

However, he gulped because he was not sure himself. The enemy had yet to deploy their knights. Only their cavalries hovered around the area and attacked the runaways, and only those who were cursed by the stars had entered the city.0

They were slaughtering the people of the city, enjoying the massacre.0

“Won’t we be able to accumulate a lot of experience points here?”0

“That’s why we are the only ones here.”0

“The achievement rewards keep coming. Wow, I got a Rare item.”0

“Why are you excited over a Rare item? I wonder if I will get the Soaring Celestial Blade Technique?”0

They jabbered away over some weird conversation and giggled.0

Gert bit his lips. He greatly loathed those who were cursed by the stars. Meanwhile, he comforted the people around him.0

“Hold out. We’ll be fine as long as we hold out.”0

Naturally, no one believed that. They were waiting for reinforcements, but who would actually come? It was the Empire’s army. It would be a difficult war even if they hid in a barricade and protected the city with all their might.0

It would be nothing more than a meaningless waste of troops to deploy reinforcements into a deadly situation to save them.0

He repeated as if he was talking to himself, “If we hold our ground…”0

But there was a commotion in the far distance. Gert was nervous. The knight might have been deployed now.0

“…!”0

At that moment, he could see something flying above the building before him. It was an enemy soldier soaring into the air, with his body split in half. The red lumps of flesh gradually fell to the ground and soon became white particles before disappearing.0

“Wha-, what is this!”0

The strange phenomenon continued. Behind the outer walls of the building, a fountain of blood covered the sky. Sounds...0