Chapter 256

On top of that, he needed to put into account the safety of the civilians. Leaving the town at this time was not a good choice because of the freezing climate. The road was covered in snow. For sure most of the civilians would not survive traveling in such a condition. For now, their only option was to defend the city.

"We can only hope that the Skyblaze family will send help here," the Lieutenant muttered. He continued saying, "For now, let's give our best to defend the town at any cost. We can't have more people dying. Let's try to save lives as much as we can."

"Yes sir!"

"I think it's time for the other group to take over. Let the group who was on duty at this moment rest and eat."

"Okay, sir!"

After saying it, his subordinate left the room to relay his command, leaving him alone.

Lieutenant Davis caressed his temple as he looked at the map that was on his table. A Red line could be seen across the map, dividing the map in half. Based on their estimation, there were a total of five thousand monsters.

With that number alone, the Lieutenant could only imagine a worst-case scenario. Contrary to that, along with him were only 100 imperial soldiers. And some of his men were already injured and some lost their lives. Only 75 imperial soldiers were available to fight as of the moment. 25 of them were elite soldiers. Along with them were the 100 plus town guards and 50 newbie mercenaries, 20 bronze rank, and 10 silver rank.

The Dona family also sent 150 soldiers. But this made the Lieutenant a little doubtful towards them. Why did they only send this many? It was in his mind. The Dona family was said to own 1,000 soldiers. Yet, they only sent 150 to help in defending the town. This smelt so fishy, honestly. But the Lieutenant had no time to complain because the monsters were just at their noses. He could not leave his post to give his complain to the family.

In addition, to get the mercenary guild to help them in defending the town, they had to agree with their demand. They asked for 50 percent ownership of the loots they could get in killing the monsters. It was a selfish demand, but Lieutenant Davis still agreed to it. In the end, the imperial soldiers and Dona family agreed to 25 percent each.

If anything, Lieutenant Davis was surprised that the Dona family agreed to such an absurd demand.

Anyway,

Even with joint forces of the imperial army, Dona family soldiers, mercenaries, and town guards, their ratio against the enemy's numbers was still too wide of a gap. If a head-on battle occurred, he was certain that it only took a second or two before the monsters overwhelmed them through numbers alone.

Thankfully, he brought some elite men with him. They acted fast in blocking half of the city while sacrificing the other half. He was thankful that he brought some men who were very capable and familiar with the town's layout.

After a long breath, the Lieutenant went outside and examined the monsters from afar. Looking at the situation, he believed the barricades would not last long. At most, it would only last for a couple of hours.

Fortunately, after two hours of nonstop battle, some of the monsters retreated. Although there were still many that were trying to destroy the barricades, many of them left the area. The attack now was not as intense as a while ago. ;

The next morning,

Zennie and Klaus' group decided to leave the warehouse. They needed to reach the Dona family mansion. It was Klaus who suggested that they must go there. According to him, the Dona family mansion was built on top of the hill. And because of the structure of the mansion which was surrounded by 15 feet walls, it was a good hiding place. Moreover, the Dona family owned 2 thousand soldiers. So they had a better chance to defend the mansion from the monsters invasion.

They traveled across the snowy road. They didn't go back over the wall. Instead, they continued towards the western part of the town by passing through the frozen river. ;

Since the roads were covered by snow, they could not use their carriage to travel.

The carriage's tires would definitely sink in the snow if that was what they were going to use. It would be more difficult for them to move forward. Besides, they had to climb the wall again to get on the carriages. And they also need to go back to where they went yesterday if that's what they were going to use. That was difficult because there was a high chance that there would be a lot of monsters on that side.

So continuing in this route was a better choice for them. Nonetheless, as they were advancing towards the western part of the town, they noticed some corpses of monsters on the road.

"A battle must have happened in this area last night," Rossbert commented upon seeing the corpses.

Looking at the condition of the corpses that were already half-covered with snow, Rossbert surmised that it happened last night.

"Who do you think killed them?" Zennie asked. Smoke blew out of her mouth as she spoke.

"It is either the Dona family soldiers or the mercenary group." Klaus was the one who replied.

Zennie glanced at Klaus. His words yesterday were still in her mind. It was about Klaus' friend, who could help them in the matter regarding the medicine. But before that, Zennie and the others must first survive in their current predicament.

At this moment as well, five imperial soldiers were crossing the snowy plain, riding their Lightweight Dino mounts. These dino mounts were more agile than ordinary dino mounts. It could run faster than horses.

Under the leafless trees in the forest, the group was hurrying towards the southwest direction.

At that moment, some shady-looking people wearing black attires, covering their entire bodies, came out and blocked their path. ;

"Move!"

The soldier at the lead ordered the shady people to move away from their path. However, there was only a silent response. They remained on their feet.

Noticing that they had no intention of moving away, to avoid colliding with them, "Damn! Stop!" The person in the middle gnashed his teeth and ordered a sudden stop.

The five Lightweight Dinos came to a sudden stop, casting away the snow under their legs. The dinos snarled a second after.

"Who are you?"

With knitted brows, the soldier in the middle asked the shady people ahead of them.

Instead of answering his question, "Are you the relay team?" One of them replied with his own question. His voice suggested no concern.

The soldiers frowned. They had no time to deal with these people. They had an important mission. They needed to reach Skyblaze City as soon as possible.

Nonetheless, although they looked so shady, they could not feel bloodlust from them. If by chance they were enemies, their numbers were just equal, so they weren't actually in a disadvantageous situation.

"Yeah, right. What of it?" The soldier in the middle asked as well. His voice was noticeably annoyed.

After hearing it, "I see. Then die!"

The empire soldiers widened their eyes upon hearing it, but before they could do anything, the shady people took action much faster than them. Blades grew out under the sleeves of their black robes. Before the soldier in the middle noticed it, the tip of the blade was already in front of his eyes. He also caught a glimpse of a burn mark on his arm.

A gleaming cold eye with a sinister smile was what he last saw before darkness took over his vision.

A head flew away and blood sprayed out from the severed body.