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Vol 08 Chapter 269: The First Year of the First Pofenia War IV

While Alexios was clashing with Kepka, Ron was diligently carrying out a siege.

The enemy’s resistance was fierce. The tunnels Ron had painstakingly dug were systematically destroyed, and the siege towers were burned down whenever they approached. Even sections of the walls destroyed by the catapults were swiftly repaired.

Yet, no matter how desperate the resistance, it would eventually come to an end.

「General! We have successfully breached the castle gate using the battering ram!」

「Good! All troops, advance and attack!」

The soldiers, who had been rotating shifts to rest, were all thrown into the assault. The Romalia army poured into the city, and a fierce urban battle ensued.

Although the defenders had prepared barricades and other fortifications to take advantage of the terrain, the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Romalia forces pushed them back.

By evening that day, the street fighting had concluded.

「No looting, assaults, or rapes are permitted! However, show no mercy to those