A rumor was burning through the Academy like wildfire.
It was an unbelievable content. To think that the famous ‘Golden Fortress’ had collapsed into ashes by a single attacker.
The fact that defense is advantageous over offense was common sense. Even if one hadn’t majored in strategy, anyone with even a superficial knowledge of war would agree.
So, those who heard the news could only snort in disbelief.
Even upon reconsideration, it was nonsense.
What kind of place was Alpenhauser’s ‘Golden Fortress’?
It was a demonic realm hidden with all sorts of devices and traps. Even the lowest-ranked guard among the sentries knew how to handle aura, and it was a place where several knights who had reached Expert level and high-ranking mages resided.
If they occupied the spatial advantage and swarmed all at once?
Even a High Expert or an archmage couldn’t guarantee survival. Moreover, there was no reason for such nobles to recklessly gamble their lives, so Alpenhauser’s ‘Golden Fortress’ was truly worthy of being called invincible.
At least until this morning arrived.
The ruins that couldn’t withstand…