Stari City.

Standing at the head of the city, Gaia squinted into the distance, and at the end of her vision was a dark sky, dark clouds were gathering, and there must be a rainstorm soon.

Heavy rains are extremely rare in winter, and the sight of this dark cloud Gaia is uneasy, because the menacing Venadas have not attacked for three days since the capture of Lucasor.

But fools know that they came to the Okasim Empire for more than just a few farmlands.

Intuition told Gaia that this rain was the rallying cry for the next attack.

The bitter cold wind blew one after another, and the lieutenant Chenino hugged his arms, and his cheeks were already red from the cold.

He walked down the stairs down the tower, surveying the open plain in front of Stari City.

The grass seeds had not yet been sown, and the land was gray and yellow, and beneath this was a trap set by the griffons for two days, but Chenino did not think it would stop the Venadans.

He is a first-hand witness to the battle of Lucasso, although he is a general who pays more attention to command, not to mention one as ten, but Chenino is not afraid to face five veterans, but he actually feels difficult in the face of Vinada's small soldiers.

From this point of view, the individual quality of the Vinada soldiers far exceeded that of the Okassim soldiers, and this gap even made Chenino feel hopeless.

"Chenino!"

Gaia shouted from the tower. "The rain is coming!"

Chenino stretched out his hand, and a thin streak of rain fell into his hand.

Retracting his right hand, he said loudly.

"Gaia, are you going to gather the whole army?"

Gaia nodded.

"Sure!"

Stari City is not a major town, but it is at the head of the Okasim Line, and in consideration of the surprise attacks of the Venadians on other towns, Gaia only transferred more than 3,000 soldiers from a few surrounding towns, plus the 2,000 men who were stationed before, the total number of defenders in Stari City is more than 5,000.

During the first two days of intense fortifications, the soldiers were exhausted, so Gaia and Chenino personally inspected the walls.

As the rain began to fall, Gaia stood on the edge of the tower with his hands in his hands.

Aside from the ruined city of Sidam, the Empire has already suffered a defeat, and if the Okasims suffer another defeat, even if they return to Turin alive, they are destined to be nailed to the Empire's pillar of shame.

Rather than that, he might as well have died in the city of Stari.

Even with the consciousness of facing death, Gaia's mood is still not calm.

There has been pressure from all sides these days, and if the Venada doesn't attack again, he will definitely be driven crazy by the pressure.

A low dark cloud poured towards the city of Stari, and soldiers in red and black armor poured up the city walls like a tidal wave, and the sight of this dusk made the hearts of all the soldiers sink.

Standing at their posts, they looked into the distance, and the plain was empty.

Beneath the city was an open plain, and the Venada Iron Cavalry was moving at full speed, and it would take them less than five minutes to reach the city.

Dark clouds completely hung over Stari City, and the rain fell on the armor, burrowing like a snake towards the warmest places.

The cotton armor was soon soaked in rain, and the biting cold spread upwards from between the toes.

Glancing at Chenino, Gaia said lightly.

"It's cold, isn't it?"

Lowering his arms, the lieutenant shook his head awkwardly, he had been in the city since the early hours of the morning, and the heat on his body had long been exhausted.

Gaia had arrived before him, still staring straight ahead, his lips faintly blue.

"Do you know how cold it is in the north?"

Chenino shook his head.

Gaia spoke slowly, her voice low.

"In the north, noodles that have just come out of the pot will freeze into ice cubes if you don't eat them for two minutes; Not to mention weapons, even when I'm wearing gloves, I often can't feel my fingers...... At that time, I liked to go to the hut the most, which was the warmest place in the whole barracks. ”

"Gaia,"

Chenino squeezed out a forced smile, "At that time, you were following His Highness Redia." ”

Gaia nodded.

"Well, my father sent me to the north. At that time, I couldn't even hold a weapon, do you know what Redia is doing, they are actually slaying dragons......"

Chenino sighed.

"It's a pity."

"There's no pity, even if Raidia isn't there, the dragons don't want to set foot in the north, because the frostwolf legion is not like the people of Turin."

Gaia covered the hilt of his sword with one hand, "Chenino, how many things do you say it will take for the griffin army to be as fearless as the frostwolf army?" ”

Chenino sighed again, for the question could not be answered.

But Gaia didn't expect him to answer, he drew his sword and said in a loud voice.

"Drums, the Venadas are coming!"

As the drums sounded, Chenino reacted, and he hurried down the tower, where a group of middle-aged men in robes had gathered on the second floor.

Seeing Chenino, a young sorcerer said nervously.

"Vice-Commander Chenino, the Venada are here."

Looking at the old man at the head, Chenino said anxiously.

"Master Amuro, how are you preparing?"

Amuro turned, his eyes bloodshot.

Patting the rucksack on his waist, Amuro spoke slowly, his voice hoarse.

"We're all ready, but the Venadas also have sorcerers, and with the rain from above, we're not going to be of much use."

Chenino nodded in agreement and walked briskly down the stairs.

Walking out of the tower, the soldiers on the ramparts were already nervous, they were almost drenched in torrential rain, but the Venadas were certainly no better.

They were going to besiege the city in cold and heavy armor, which ten years ago the soldiers would have laughed at the Venadas, but after the Battle of Lucasso, they couldn't laugh at all.

It was a rare rainstorm that lasted much longer than expected, the raindrops melted the ice slag from the frozen ground, and the ground beneath the walls was visibly muddy, and some of the traps laid earlier were exposed.

However, the Vinada cavalry had absolutely no time to take care of their feet, because the walls were already lined with bows and arrows, and the effective range of firearms was not long, and bows and arrows were still the main long-range weapons.

Raindrops dripped down the bow and arrows in strings, and through this rain line, the soldiers could just take aim more easily.

With his head in his hands, Chenino blocked the curtain of water in front of him, and shouted as soon as the Venadas were in range.

"Main attack left and right, put!"

A dense rain of arrows poured out of the rain curtain and poured down on the left and right flanks of the Venadas, causing them to subconsciously shrink their entire army and step into the trap that had been prepared.

But the Venadas did not shrink their formation as Chenino intended, and after letting out a uniform roar, the Venadas raised their shields one after another, and a light blue magic wall was quickly erected at the end of the rain curtain, blocking all the bows and arrows on the wall.

Gaia covered the wall with one hand and sighed.

"This amount of Venada steel...... How many years have the Venada been preparing. ”