There were no charging bugles, no beating of drums.
Fifty heavy armed soldiers, carrying large shields, quickly stormed halfway up the hill and formed a double-layered wall of men.
Meanwhile, the light troops, stepping on the large shields that formed a slope, ascended the five or six-meter-high castle walls.
The first to scale the walls was Roman's Four Stars Apostle, Kao Fisher.
In merely a brush past, he swiftly dealt with two guards, his movements sharp and decisive, earning anyone's praise.
That year, Kao was fifteen, and it was his first time killing someone.
But he wasn't scared, his heart filled instead with intense excitement and exhilaration.
This violent emotion even made him forget what he was supposed to do next.
It wasn't until he saw others orderly charging down the stone steps.
That Kao belatedly followed.
