Stars appeared, and dusk fell.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night in Mania.
Lights lit up in the city, from near to far.
What was brighter than the lights were the burning torches.
The torches gathered together like endless fireflies, spreading on the crisscrossing streets and extending into the distance.
Those were the angry people and the rebels who had entered Mania.
They waved their bright flags in the vast night and moved toward the southeast of the city.
At the end of the road, a majestic castle stood in the darkness like a monster in the dark, overlooking the ancient capital.
It was the Dororia Castle, known as the "Eternal Fortress".
Dororia, in the ancient Segers language, meant border fortress.
The walls were twenty meters high, and the tower was fifty meters high. It was the tallest building in Mania other than the Eternal Cathedral. It was also the highest point in the city.
When the Holy Mania Empire was still a slave city-state alliance, this castle had already stood in Mania City.
At that time, the Mannia City-State Alliance only had Mannia, a city built by escaped slaves, and Dororia Castle was a military fortress built by Mannia to resist the former slave owners.
Later, the founding monarch of Holy Mania, Karl I, who was elected as a consul, expanded this fortress and turned it into his own castle. He also changed the city-state republic system to a hereditary monarchy system.
With Manya City as the center, he expanded all the way and finally created a miraculous achievement of becoming an emperor as a slave.
Dororia Castle thus became one of the symbols of the Holy Mania Empire's imperial authority.
Of course, a thousand years had passed.
Times were developing, and magic technology was constantly improving.
Today, many nobles were no longer satisfied with living in ancient and dark castles. Instead, they preferred to live in beautiful manors with magic barriers.
The defensive role of Dororia Castle gradually lost its meaning due to the empire's continuous expansion. It no longer had the value of resisting foreign enemies.
Therefore, this indestructible castle gradually turned from a royal territory into a royal prison. It specialized in imprisoning political prisoners who rebelled against the royal family and nobles, as well as heretics who opposed the Eternal Church.
From then on, Dororia Castle Prison became a terrifying legendary place for the citizens of the empire. It was feared and revered by people …
It was like a huge mountain pressing down on the hearts of the citizens of Manny City, making it hard for them to breathe. It was also like a demon monitoring the entire city, causing people to turn pale at the mention of it.
On normal days, there were very few pedestrians on the streets near the prison of Dororia Castle. There were only patrolling soldiers.
But today was different.
Dororia Castle, outside the fortress.
Smoke billowed, sometimes covering the sky, sometimes revealing the starlight.
On the streets, there were spots of fire. Even in the darkness of the night, one could see the dense crowd under the illumination of the flames.
There were fully armed imperial soldiers, mighty mercenary knights, civilians holding high flags, and wanderers with countless patches on their clothes.
There were old and young people, men and women, but the only thing they had in common was the golden armband tied to their right arms, which shone brightly under the starlight and the torches.
They waved their different weapons and shouted the same slogan as they charged towards the prison of Dororia Castle in the darkness.
"Long live life! Take down Dororia! "
"Long live life! Take down Dororia! "
The shouts were like a tsunami, drowning the darkness.
On the tall tower of Dororia Castle, looking at the sea of people, the noble officers and soldiers guarding the castle were shocked.
"Warden! The outer city gate has been taken down by the rioters! The rebel army has already entered the city and is rushing towards us with the rioters! "
The messenger hurriedly crawled to the warden, who was standing on the tower and looking into the distance, and said in a panic.
"Rebel army? Where did the rebel army come from? "
The noble warden was dumbfounded.
"The Imperial Guards! It's the Imperial Guards! They are wearing the standard equipment of the Imperial Guards. I'm afraid that the Seventh Imperial Guards outside the city have rebelled! Not only that, there are also mercenaries! "
The soldier who sent the message hurriedly said.
Hearing his words, the warden opened his eyes wide, full of disbelief.
He took a deep breath, picked up the binoculars from the Elven Forest, and looked outside the castle.
Under the starlight and flames, when the warden saw the iconic silver armor of the Seventh Local Defense Legion, as well as the mercenaries and citizens who were rushing in his direction, his expression changed, and he sucked in a breath of cold air.
For a moment, his expression became more and more serious.
"Everyone listen to my orders! Enter the highest alert state! Sir Daniel, please activate the defensive magic! Archers and Magic Crystal Cannons, get ready. Don't let the rebel army in! "
The warden looked in the direction of the inner city, and then looked at the sky. He pulled out his commanding sword and shouted.
Following his order, the Magic Crystal Cannons with deep muzzles were set up by the defenders and aimed at the streets outside the castle, aiming at the people rushing in.
The archers also pulled their bowstrings and aimed at the citizens and soldiers who were gradually surrounding the castle.
In the darkness, the castle defenders standing on the tower and the rebel army that was gradually surrounding the castle confronted each other.
"People outside, hurry up and leave. If you take another step forward, we will open fire!"
Seeing more and more people gathering outside the castle, the warden's scalp went numb. He suppressed the fear in his heart and shouted with the amplification magic.
Dorolia Castle was indestructible.
But there were simply too many people gathering outside the castle.
Facing thousands of rebels, even the warden who was very confident in the castle could not help but be frightened by this exaggerated scene.
Outside the castle, amidst the dense crowd, there was a group of people.
Soon, the crowd separated to the sides, and a few professionals dressed as mercenaries stood out.
The leader was none other than the Hound, Tim.
Beside him, there were a few mysterious people wearing eagle beak hoods, whose faces could not be seen clearly.
Recognizing Tim's identity, the warden was furious.
"Tim? Do you know what you are doing?! What you're doing now is openly making an enemy of the Empire and the Church! "
However, the Hound, Tim, only shook his head lightly.
"Sir Eichendorf, there is no need to say anything meaningless."
As he spoke, his expression turned serious.
"Open the castle gate and surrender to us. Otherwise, we will storm the castle … If we storm the castle, we can't guarantee your safety after the battle."
The warden was stunned for a moment, then he laughed in anger.
His gaze swept across the majority of the people below the tower who did not even have decent equipment, and he snorted.
"You're just a motley crew! You want to attack the prison of Dorolia Castle with just you?! "
After that, he turned around and ordered the soldiers on the castle.
"Fire! Shoot the arrows! Let these mobs know the consequences of rebellion! "
Following his order, the sound of cannons sounded in unison, accompanied by a rain of arrows, falling into the crowd outside the castle.
For a moment, the flames caused by the magic explosion exploded in the crowd, and the rebel army at the front fell one after another under the rain of arrows.
Looking at the tragic scene of their companions dying in battle, the rebels besieging Dorolia Castle instantly fell into chaos and began to retreat.
Tim's expression turned solemn.
As he cut down the arrows that were shot at him, he shouted.
"Everyone, find cover! Steady! Don't panic! Steady! "
Then, he looked at the mysterious hooded man beside him.
"Sir Cyber!"
The mysterious man beside him nodded and shouted in a certain direction.
"Sizzle! Prepare to attack the castle! "
With a shout, the crowd on the street hundreds of meters away slowly moved aside, and the rebel army pushed out heavy magic crystal cannons.
Seeing the heavy magic crystal cannons on the street, the warden's expression changed slightly, and he exclaimed.
"Elven magic crystal cannons!"
Elven magic crystal cannons …
Only the Elves of the Elven Forest had this type of heavy cannon, and it displayed its might when attacking the Devil Army.
Even in Mania, the warden of Dorolia had heard of it. He had specially looked for a picture book and seen the appearance of this legendary heavy cannon.
It was said that in the final battle of the Southern Territory, the Elves only used one cannon to blast open the Devil Army's city wall.
But today, he did not expect to meet such a terrifying opponent on the battlefield.
Thinking of the power of the elven magic crystal cannons, the warden's face turned pale.
The next moment, the rebel army activated the magic inscriptions, and rays of light gathered on the body of the magic crystal cannons. Accompanied by a deafening roar, the magic crystal cannons spat out terrifying elemental bullets.
The violent explosion exploded on the walls of Dorolia Castle, and the entire castle seemed to tremble.
The soldiers on the tower were swayed by the tremors, and some unlucky ones were directly torn to pieces by the elemental bullets that landed on the city wall.
After several explosions, a crack appeared on the sturdy surface of the castle …
"Not good!"
Feeling the shaking of the castle, the warden's expression changed greatly, and he pulled up a scrambling messenger and shouted.
"Is it alright?! Is Sir Daniel's defensive spell not ready yet?! "
"It's ready … It's being prepared! Sir Daniel was meditating just now, and only just freed up his hands … "
The soldier said fearfully.
"Meditating?! Meditating at a time like this?! These eccentric legendary wizards! "
The warden cursed.
And just as he finished cursing, a series of explosions came from outside the castle, and the whole castle shook once more.
The warden dodged the cannon fire while raising his commanding sword and ordering:
"Release the arrows! Release the arrows fiercely! Fire the cannons! Fire the cannons! "
Inside and outside the castle, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.
Elemental bullets fell on Dorolia Castle, and the castle blossomed with a radiance like fireworks.
Explosions kept coming from the crowd besieging the castle, and every time there was a rumble, a group of rebels would scream and be torn to pieces.
Finally, when another round of elemental bullets hit a section of Dorolia Castle's wall, that twenty-meter-tall wall finally collapsed.
Seeing this scene, the warden's face paled, and the rebel army's morale was boosted.
"The wall has collapsed! Charge! Charge at the castle! Quick! Take advantage of this opportunity to attack Dorolia! "
"Hounds!" Tim raised his sword and shouted.
Following his order, the rebel army raised their red flags and shouted while waving their weapons and using ladders to charge at the smoke-filled Dorolia Castle.
Arrows kept flying from both sides, and the shouts were like thunder.
Braving the cannon fire and arrows, the Imperial Guards, Mercenaries, Adventurers, and ordinary citizens advanced dauntlessly.
They fell in batches, but every time the people in front fell, the people behind would catch up and take over the tattered flags that had been covered by arrows and cannon fire, and charge at Dorolia Castle.
"Long live Life! Attack Dorolia! "
The rebel army angrily shouted.
Those shouts seemed to contain the endless anger that had been suppressed for a long time, like an erupting volcano.
"Long live Life! Attack Dorolia! "
The shouts came one after another, from teenagers to old people in their twilight years. The men's roars and the women's shouts intertwined, converging into a tsunami-like shout. At some point, it even suppressed the fierce cannon fire that was constantly erupting.
Under those earth-shattering shouts, the defenders of Dorolia Castle felt the castle under them tremble.
Finally, after sacrificing an unknown number of people, the resistance army charged to Dororia's castle with ladders, arrows, and cannon fire!
"Block them! Quickly block them! "
On the castle, the warden waved his sword and roared hoarsely with a frightened expression.
However, there were too many rebels besieging the castle.
When an endless number of people gathered from all directions, when one crude ladder after another was placed on the broken city walls, the situation on the defending army's side instantly took a turn for the worse.
However, when the rebel army at the front finally climbed up the city walls and fought with the prison guards, a light blue beam suddenly soared into the sky.
The blue light gradually enveloped the entire Dorolia Castle, and a vast power spread out with the castle as the center.
Under the shocked gazes of the rebel army, the entire Dorolia Castle emitted a faint radiance. Then, the places that were destroyed by the cannon fire started to slowly recover.
At the same time, the rebel army that was climbing the city walls suddenly felt pain as light blue flames spontaneously ignited on their bodies.
Accompanied by a series of screams, they turned into ashes in the flames along with the ladders.
When they saw this terrifying scene, the resistance army on the streets fell silent.
"Legendary Enchantment Spell … Dorolia Barrier!"
"Hound" Tim's pupils constricted.
Dorolia was known as the Eternal Fortress not only because it had taller and sturdier walls than ordinary castles.
Instead, it was because it had a unique enchantment spell in the entire World of Segers. It was a Legendary spell that combined defense, recovery, and attack, [Dorolia Barrier], created and solidified by Emperor Karl who cultivated both magic and martial arts.
Although this enchantment spell had the drawbacks of taking a long time to activate, having a small radiation range, and having to be controlled by a Legendary Mage, once it was activated, Dorolia would be invincible.
On top of the castle, the Warden who witnessed the changes in the castle widened his eyes, and his expression quickly became excited.
He laughed loudly, and that carefree laughter quickly turned into a sinister grin.
He looked at the rebel army outside the city with resentment and raised his longsword again as he shouted to the guards:
"The defensive spell has been activated! Fire! Destroy these damned rebels! "
However, not long after he gave the order, there was a commotion inside the castle.
The Warden frowned slightly and looked behind him in confusion, only to see a soldier with a head full of blood running over with a panicked expression.
His expression was frightened, and faintly, there seemed to be a bit of confusion:
"Warden! Not good! The prisoners in the dungeon are rioting! They rushed out of the dungeon and fought their way into the castle! "
"What did you say?!"
The Warden was instantly stunned.
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