The battle grew increasingly terrible as countless riders were fed to the grinder to keep it going. The Northern Alliance had started pushing its support troops and long-range attackers into Dawn City. They could do so with impunity because most of our arrow towers had been destroyed. Once those boulders started raining down on us, we knew that those arrow towers were done for. Even sacrificing our lives wouldn’t be enough to save them.

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"Yeah, we’re done here. Form a fighting retreat! Once you reach the walls, go up and help out in the defense! We need to give up the arrow tower formation, our losses are too heavy…" Hot and Sour Noodles gave those orders with a grim look on his face.

In truth, most of the players who had been defending the arrow towers had already been killed, so Hot and Sour Noodles orders were merely a formality at this point.

"Retreat! We’re retreating!" I shouted as I waved my sword high in the air. After that, Gui Guzi, He Yi, and I led the rest of our troops to the second gate within the city. When our troops passed the gates, Hot and Sour Noodles immediately shut it behind us. The inner city was well-prepared for a siege too.

I spurred my horse up the walls and I saw that Beiming Xue, Moonlight Stone, and Stranger of Three Lifetimes was already lined up there with the rest of our elite long-range...