Malin climbed the small hill and looked at the sea harbor district in the distance, the vast harbor ruins, the walls built by Chaos. For countless years in the past, Thanan people had never seen this port and the city it belonged to again. But today, they could see it. The commanders stood behind Malin, proud because they were the first Thanan army to reach this area since the great destruction. Yet, they were incredibly humble because the Malin before them had hunted a vast number of Chaos champions within just three days, slaying thirteen Great Demons, and uncountable Chaos Sorcerers. Before today, no one would have believed such achievements, they would even laugh at such claims, for they seemed too exaggerated; even the Lord of Justice could not engage in such intense actions in this world. But Malin’s achievements were observed by many, and the heads of those Great Demons could not have been faked. The soldiers below the hill would not follow a failure. They came from various places, and in the past, they would only boast of their own valor when they gathered, belittling their foes and teammates. But today, not a single one dared to boast about themselves. "The artillery positions are ready, Your Highness. What are your orders?" The most fervent believer in Malin, the artillery regiment commander, jogged up to the hilltop. "Please instruct Zhang to personally command the assault on the walls; let’s open three large breaches within half an hour. I want to personally lead the soldiers into the city and cleanse the Chaos." "Rest assured! If we can’t open the breaches within half an hour, I’ll personally use explosives to blow up those damned walls!" The Dwarf said this and hurried down the hill. "Your Highness, you’re still gracious towards the Dwarves." The elf-looking Li, the defense officer, said with a smile. "No, Officer Li, I treat everyone willing to stand here equally. You are my comrades, the soldiers below are my comrades, Dwarves are my comrades, Elves are my comrades too. We are inhabitants of this planet, we are humans, bipeds. Malin sighed as he looked at the bowed defense officer, "I thought the small conflicts between Elves and Dwarves were only in Westland, but I didn’t expect such an unsavory side to exist in Eastern Land too." "Malin, you can’t blame the Elves or Dwarves for this." Another Dwarf commander boldly stood out, "For example, Li and I both graduated from New Hangzhou’s military academy. When I’m upset, I’ll call him long-legs, and he’ll call me short-legs, then we’ll have a brawl, and afterwards, go for a drink." Upon hearing this, the commanders all laughed, with smiles that seemed to say, "as expected". It seemed they weren’t hearing this kind of story for the first time, but had truly experienced it. "What Li just said was merely a typical long-eared jealousy factor, so Malin, you must not take it to heart." "Lin the Keeper..." Li looked at the Dwarf with a face full of nostalgia and joy for the good old days. Since Lin the Keeper said so, the elf Li realized his mistake. Malin nodded and decided to let this matter pass. Then the Dwarf commander spoke again, "If Your Highness feels he still needs a lesson, let me and my regiment be the first to charge into the city with you!" "You sneaky short-leg have quite the ambition!" "Your Highness! This long-leg elf insulted me!" "I never imagined even you Dwarves could be so shameless! Your Highness! Please take our Half-human regiment with you! We come from New Anzhou! We’ll be your most reliable force!" "Our Thanan regiment is the one worthy to follow Malin into the city for the slaughter!" "Our Peninsula combat brigade will follow Malin! We’ll wash away our past shame with Chaos’s blood!" "Nonsense! Our Four Island Long Knife squad is the most reliable force for Malin!" Malin listened to the arguing voices behind him, his face full of distress, and lit himself a cigarette, watching the shells fall within and without the city—forming a crossfire against the walls in the first volley. It seemed Dwarves artillerymen needed more chances and luck. Luckily, the general of the Thanan army came over—a standard Thanan, wore an eye patch, reportedly lost an eye in the past as a longknife soldier during a confrontation with a Wizard. As a result, he killed that Chaos Sorcerer, slaying a Chaos Sorcerer as a mortal indeed shows the favor of the Goddess of Fortune herself, with him here, none of the commanders dared to quarrel anymore, they huddled together like quails, fearing to attract the general’s attention. He glared at these younger ones and then came to Malin’s side, "Malin, these youngsters must have disturbed you, truly sorry about that. Young folks are too eager to show themselves, which leads them to such irrational behavior, please forgive them." A genuine good elder indeed, Malin thought of the two marshals in the Northern Kingdom... these elders, regardless of east or west, strive for these younger ones. This softened Malin’s heart, he looked at the commanders, "So, when we attack, I’ll choose one regiment from among you as the advance troop to enter the city with me. Your responsibility will be to hold the breaches, allowing subsequent brotherly troops to attack the city. This is the honor of the first entrants, now that General Sang is here, say, are you willing."