“Where’s the highest place around here?!”
“Pardon?”
“Didn’t you hear me? The highest place! The very highest place in the Empire here!”
Thoom, thoom—!
Drums kept pounding. They weren’t coming from our side.
Beyond the ramparts, the great plain.
From there—already stained in a hideous hue—threat rolled in.
Between the beasts, barbarian warriors painted head to toe in red slammed down their drums, and the ground shuddered each time.
Keeping time with them, the front rank—giant hyenas bearing Demon Riders—let out grotesque howls.
At the ominous sight, the soldiers on the walls were already taut with nerves. Naturally so.
In just a few hours, the Dragon Corps arrayed before the walls had overwhelmed them both visually and numerically.
Everyone in the city had long since evacuated to the inner citadel.
With only outsiders to rely on, time was too short to find an answer. Na Jo-yeon pressed the soldier before her again.
“Hurry! We don’t have time!”
“If you keep doing this here…”
The soldier trailed off. Not a hint of cooperation on his face. Beside him, Kwon Gye-na looked equally frustrated.
“Find the Towers placed high throughout the Empire.” Gritting her teeth, Na Jo-yeon recalled Babel’s hint.
Ah! Wait.
“Here. Would this make…