Chapter 398: Attacking While She Is Absent
Looking at the thousands of troops marching toward them, the soldiers of Weilmar City stood in position, ready for battle. However, they soon realized something was wrong. Some posts were empty, and when they searched for their missing comrades, they discovered that many had already been killed!
That could only mean one thing—there were assassins among them, and one of them had sent the signal with green smoke to alert the enemy to attack.
The highest-ranking commander in the city at the moment was the commander of the city’s guardians, a High King-stage expert. Right now, his expression had turned grim—the enemy had chosen the perfect time to attack.
Baroness Weilmar’s departure to Caritas was known only to him and a few others to avoid alerting enemies outside the walls. They had kept it a secret because if the enemy discovered that Baroness Weilmar was gone, they would undoubtedly launch an attack.
This could only mean one thing—either there was a spy among them, or someone had betrayed them.
He did not have time to think about that now. The most important thing was to call the Baroness back to defend the city. He looked at the incoming army, gritted his teeth, and turned behind him.
"Why hasn’t the city barrier activated?! What is the city formation operator doing?!" he roared.
A soldier ran up to him and reported urgently, "Commander, bad news! Our city formation operators are dead! Someone assassinated them!"
The commander widened his eyes, but he quickly forced himself to think of a solution. They had been completely caught off guard by the assassinations of key personnel, leaving them vulnerable.
"Find anyone who understands formations and have them activate it! I don’t care how you do it—ask the civilians if necessary! Now go!" he finally ordered.
"Yes, sir!" The soldier ran back to carry out his command.