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Falcon City.
Atop the massive Levee…
Soldiers of the Falcon Kingdom were crouched behind cover, maintaining high alert.
A few days prior, the New Alliance’s announced an airstrike on Falcon City, but gave no indication of the direction it would come from. The entire city had only 32 anti-aircraft guns, eight of which had been reassigned to the royal palace in the city center. That left just 24 guns spread along tens of kilometers of alloy walls. It was barely any firepower.
The officer in charge of defending the southeastern sector was Horett. Until a month ago, he had been a Decurion in the King’s Royal Guard. However, due to the greatly weakening frontlines, many officers from the forces in the city had been reassigned into the regular army, and in just one month, he had been promoted three times to become a Centurion in the city Defense Force.
His rapid rise in rank should have been a source of joy, but he couldn’t feel the slightest optimism. Instead, his heart was heavy.
Until the month before,...
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