Chapter 502: 490 Rats Invade the City_1
Early the next morning, Gaz sent out some monsters belonging to the Soaring Dragon Legion to leave Pierce Castle and approach Lima Fortress as a vanguard force.

The main forces among these monsters were the highly mobile Wolf Cavalry and Flying Monsters.

At present, their primary task was reconnaissance, and Gaz had actually done similar actions many times before, only this time, the movements were much larger.

Other than these pure monsters, there were also some ordinary humans mixed in.

Most of these humans were former soldiers of the Western Empire; after their defeat, they were incorporated by Angelina, and some of the better-performing people were even given important positions.

The main characters in this operation were these people from the Western Empire.

In this operation, they were also given a new codename: Rats.

They were all hand-picked by Gaz as ruthless and unscrupulous people in the Western Empire, and just in case, these Western Empire people were also branded with the Blood Covenant.

To prevent these Rats from being discovered by the people of Lima Fortress, they were wrapped in wolf skins and hidden tightly in the abdomen of the Wargs.

People in Lima Fortress originally thought it was just a routine reconnaissance, and it wasn’t until the Wolf Cavalry and Flying Monsters got closer that they finally realized something was wrong.

Rows of Longbowmen stood on the high walls with bows and arrows, and even Catapults, Ballistae, and Magic Cannons were all pushed out.

The entire fortress instantly entered a state of battle, and as soon as the Wolf Cavalry or Flying Monsters dared to enter its attack range, Lima Fortress would attack without mercy.

Between Pierce Castle and Lima Fortress was a large stretch of wasteland where vegetation was scarce, and the land was severely desertified.

The Flying Monsters flying in the sky dropped some special spherical objects from afar, which fell in a parabolic arc just before the Wolf Cavalry.

This scene scared the people inside Lima Fortress.

The Western Empire had known for a while about the Dragon Soaring Empire’s possession of explosives that could be dropped from high altitudes.

So when they saw the Flying Monsters dropping something from the sky, the immediate reaction of the people on Lima Fortress was extreme tension, and they prepared for countermeasures right away.

On the walls of Lima Fortress, special trench-like facilities had been built in advance to be used for sheltering in situations like this.

However, when most people had hidden in the trenches, they were surprised to discover that the spherical objects falling from the sky were directly hitting the path that the Wolf Cavalry had to pass through.

Then, there was a faint explosion.

Although the sound was small, and the power was somewhat insufficient, the impact was surprising, directly bringing up a large amount of sand and dust from the surrounding ground, forming a smokescreen that could cover a large area.

Seeing this scene, the people in Lima Fortress finally understood the reason behind the landing points of these spherical objects.

A man who looked like a commander stood in the watchtower above the fortress, watching all this with anger while grinding his teeth, now that his sight was obstructed, it was naturally very difficult for the Longbowmen or other soldiers to aim and shoot.

Despite this, he issued an order for free shooting.

With this order, the Longbowmen immediately began shooting based on their own instincts, and a dense rain of arrows instantly fell into the smokescreen.

However, the Ballistae and other war machines did not get used. Attacking a group of small targets in this obstructed visibility would have been a terrible waste of resources.

The previous volleys in the sky above Lima Fortress, although they were blind shots based on gut feeling, were not without results.

From the screams heard from the smokescreen, at least there were a few Wolf Cavalry who had been hit.

The smokescreen spread all the way to the bottom of the walls of Lima Fortress, and after a while, a Goblin Wolf Cavalry leader slowly emerged from it.

He raised his head, sneering coldly at the crowd above Lima Fortress, and then raised his crossbow to shoot.

“Whoosh!”

With the sound of an arrow, the bolt broke free of the bowstring, then accurately lodged itself into the eye socket of a Western Empire Longbowman.

After letting out a burst of mocking laughter, the Wargs in the smokescreen let out triumphant howls.

When the smokescreen gradually dispersed, the people on Lima Fortress found that these Wolf Cavalry had already run outside the range of the Longbowmen with their injured or unfortunate comrades, still moving quickly, apparently planning to leave.

“Bastard!”

The commander in the watchtower slammed the window in anger, so all the bastards had gone through so much trouble just to shoot an arrow and humiliate them?

No, it couldn’t be like that!

Feeling there was a problem, the commander immediately came over to the unfortunate Longbowman and personally pulled out the short arrow lodged in his eye socket.

As expected, there was a small piece of paper attached to the end of the arrow.

When the commander unfolded the small piece of paper and understood the content on it, his breathing became rapid.

The content of the paper was simple. After ruthlessly mocking the Western Empire’s powerlessness and inevitable defeat, the Dragon Soaring Empire directly declared war against the Western Empire and would launch a formal attack in a month.

After a moment, the commander immediately ordered: “Quick! Get someone to send this paper straight to His Majesty!”

As the person left, the commander ordered the entire fortress to strengthen its vigilance to prevent another such attack.

If they were eventually forced to leave so easily by the enemy, the face of the Western Empire would be greatly lost.

However, fortunately, such actions did not happen again. Other than a few scouts on the fringes, nothing unusual occurred.

Soon enough, the sun set, and the walls of Lima Fortress were filled with torches, but the visibility remained very limited.

At this time, some people dressed in black tightly clung to the walls of Lima Fortress.

They were the humans who had been hiding under the Wargs during the day. Under the cover of the smokescreen, not only did the Wolf Cavalry deliver the war letter, but they also left behind this group of Rats.

These Rats were originally elites of the Crimson Legion; their individual strength was naturally unquestionable, and they had done a lot of preparations for this operation.

Almost everyone was given plenty of Night Vision Potions, and to sneak into Lima Fortress, Gaz prepared many useful items for them.

First, they each tore a scroll inscribed with the Light Body Skill, which they applied to themselves.

Then, they put a specially made glove on their hands. It was a magic item made by Sofia herself.

Its function was also simple; it allowed people to cling to walls like geckos.