Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

4:01 PM. South of Nobel City.

Mann Andre.

The Mayor of Nobel was loading his shotgun; the city walls were currently in battle—the army of Black Orcs had received reinforcements at 3 PM, the exact number unconfirmed, but the reinforcements had given these Black Orcs courage, and they launched a fierce attack. Mann took people to the city walls at the first opportunity, and although the City Guards and the Defense Army soldiers were shooting, it was apparent that the Black Orcs could not be taken down with just a bullet or two, and when the cannons also failed to deter their advance, the walls inevitably became a battlefield.

After loading the shells, he raised his long, double-barreled shotgun and fired directly with buckshot, hitting a Black Orc that had just poked its head over from outside the wall. When it fell, Mann heard howling—it was the sound of Black Orcs pushing a battering ram.

Peeking over the wall, Mann couldn’t see the battering ram, but he could hear the sound of its wheels just below the city gate.

Mayor Mann rushed into the gatehouse tunnel, lifted the cover from the floor, and saw the battering ram had already approached the gate.

"Incendiary shells! Oil barrels!" Mann shouted loudly.

Two half-grown boys brought over oil barrels, which Mann opened. As he poured out the oil, thinking it was not fast enough, the Mayor grabbed a hammer from the nearby wall, punched a few holes in the barrels with the claw side, then kicked them over.

By this time, the battering ram had begun to hit the city gate.

The half-grown boys handed a lit torch to Mann, who motioned for them to throw the torch directly down.

Then, as the fire blazed, Mann replaced the lid and reinserted the bolts: "Call for help if there’s trouble!"