Evie looked at the wooden crates brought by the griffins, picked up a bomb from one of them, examined it repeatedly, and asked, "On the ship, you did explain how to use it repeatedly. This thing looks familiar, but what exactly is it for?"

As more and more soldiers climbed the city wall, Todd first pulled the fuse of his explosive charge and said to the others, "Do as I say, and you'll soon see its usefulness."

The soldiers who were climbing the city wall suddenly noticed one white cloth bag after another falling at the foot of the wall as if it were raining.

The cloth bag fell to the ground, and the white smoke and sparks from the burning bag attracted a crowd. Some of the bolder soldiers even wanted to pick it up to find out what it was.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst a deafening roar and a blinding flash of white light, one after another, red lotus flowers bloomed brilliantly at the corner of the city.

The immense impact tore Rao's body into unrecognizable fragments, blasting the soil three feet underground into the air.

Blood, severed limbs, and body parts stained the thirty-meter-long gray city wall crimson; wails, cries, and groans echoed above the ancient city gate.

The blast wave from the explosion threw Mashev off his horse. The corps' deputy commander didn't even have time to utter a word before he completely lost consciousness.

As the aftershocks of the explosion gradually subsided, the Valkyries peeked out from behind the battlements, staring in disbelief at everything on the battlefield, each with a look of utter astonishment on their face.

Todd dusted himself off and was just thinking about something when the sounds of fighting and shouting came from the other side of the city gate.

The troops that were supposed to support Todd's landing had broken through the city's defenses and were already at the city gates.