Elsewhere – East Gate
The sky above the wall glowed faint red from the burning torches. Screams and roars echoed from beyond the perimeter.
Monsters clawed at the reinforced barricades, some slamming their bodies into the steel and wood, others leaping and being speared mid-air by guards.
Amid the chaos, Deputy Guild Master Gikan cut down a charging ghoul-like beast, spinning his blade and barking orders.
"Push left! Shield wall there is collapsing! Keep the casters covered!"
Behind him, Braham stormed through two ogre-class creatures like a man possessed, his fist glowing with dense mana as he shattered bone with each strike.
"Gikan!"
"WHAT NOW, Braham!? I'm a little busy!" Gikan parried a claw, then drove his dagger through its skull.
"You cover this gate with the adventurers here. Help the guards hold the line!"
Braham leapt onto the rampart, scanning the town from the height. Flames glowed near the south and west.