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Chapter 644 Rain of fire (2)
The gate just continued to rise, so General Gardner had no choice but to say, "Go and check on what's happening with the gate! Stop it from rising any further!"
His men quickly went down to see what was happening, but the sounds of fighting quickly rang out from down there.
It seemed that the soldiers that had been at the gate were fighting those that had come down to stop it from opening. They wouldn't let General Gardner's men near the controls for the gate at all.
"What do you think you're doing?!" General Gardner roared out when he saw this fighting down below.
However, not a single one of the soldiers who had been protecting the gate said a single thing in response.
It was as if they were completely ignoring him as they focused purely on keeping the gate from closing.
General Gardner completely lost his temper when he saw this as he commanded, "Shoot down the traitors! It doesn't matter what you have to do, just close that gate!"
The archers hesitated for a second, but they knew that they had no choice.
They didn't know why their comrades had done this, but this couldn't be allowed to keep happening.
If the gate remained open, then the enemies would flood into their makeshift fortress and all of them would be killed by the enemies.
So before that could happen, they had to close the gates.
However, before the arrows of the archers could reach the soldiers that were there, there was a loud sound that seemed to be getting louder. Before the arrows could hit their marks, there were horses that charged out and knights with shields that came forward to block these arrows.
Everyone was shocked to see these cavalry units suddenly appearing like this, but then they realized that it was the enemy cavalry.
This was the unit that had been placed in the center of the enemy formation that had seemed out of place. But now…they understood why the enemy had put this cavalry unit in the center of their formation.
They had been aiming for this all along!
But how did they know that this was going to happen!
It didn't take long before that mystery was revealed.
The soldiers that opened the gate took off their helmets, revealing their true appearances.
When they did…no one was able to recognize them.
Not a single person was able to recognize any of these soldiers.
They were clearly not their soldiers, but the enemy soldiers.
The problem was…how did they sneak in here in the first place?
This makeshift fortress was something that had been meticulously designed, General Gardner had made sure that there wasn't a single hole in this fortress since it was what he had been depending on to keep his position.
So there shouldn't have been a single way for them to sneak in.
The enemies seemed like they wanted to brag, so one of the soldiers who had opened the gate said, "Look at how dumb they look right now. They didn't even notice that we had spent all this time digging under their walls."
"Huh?" General Gardner revealed a shocked look when he heard this.
He never thought that they would have done something that took this long in the first place.
It seemed that he had really underestimated the enemies since this wasn't something that could be done in a day or two. They must have been doing this the entire time that they had been camped here.
It seemed that he was the fool for not listening to General Killock's advice.
But General Killock suddenly said, "Seize the gates and push them back! They are just stalling for time!"
He had only realized it when the soldier had explained how they had come in.
There was no reason for them to expose their plans, but they had done so.
Why?
They wanted to shock General Gardner and distract him while the rest of their troops approached the fortress. They were trying to keep them busy so that their allies could approach without any danger.
When the soldiers heard this, they couldn't react right away.
When the enemies realized that their intentions had been exposed, the cavalry knights suddenly pulled out bows and started shooting at the archers.
They weren't able to react in time and quite a few of them sustained injuries.
After that, they formed a defensive line in front of the gate so that it couldn't be reclaimed.
It seemed that they had already planned out everything.
The enemies outside were getting closer and closer while they couldn't even approach the gates…
No matter how General Killock looked at this, it seemed like this was over.
It seemed like there was nothing that they could do to turn this situation around.
Since that was the case…would it be better to go out fighting?
But as he had this thought, there was a loud sound that came from above.
This was the roar of some kind of creature that rang out.
It didn't take long for everyone to realize just what kind of creature it was since they could see its large body flying through the air.
It was a wyvern.
No one made a move when they saw this wyvern since they didn't think that this wyvern was here to bother them. Not to mention, they didn't want to get this wyvern involved in this war in the first place.
Wyverns were wild creatures that only knew how to rampage, it was bad for both sides if this wyvern became involved.
But as the wyvern came closer and closer, they saw that it was heading right towards this battlefield.
It even seemed to be diving right towards the fortress.
Seeing it come closer and closer like this, there was a bad feeling that filled the hearts of all those inside and outside of the fortress.
When it finally came close enough, they saw the wyvern suddenly stop and rear its head to gather flames in its mouth before suddenly releasing it down onto the battlefield.
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