[Steel Fortress · South Bank]
The only road connecting the South City with the Old City, the Republic Avenue, had already been blocked.
This narrow strip of land between the mountain and lake is now piled with every imaginable barrier the South City Sheriff could find: carriages, furniture, boxes, barrels... Even the trees from the residents' yards had been chopped down and dragged onto the street.
All the militiamen of the South City district were stationed behind the barricades, watching the Old City with tension and anticipation.
Although they held spears and firearms, anxiety and fear were still flickering in their eyes.
These "freemen" with citizen rights were woken up by alarm bells in their beds, groped for their weapons in the dark, and dressed haphazardly to gather outside, hurrying to the Republic Avenue.
After all the turmoil, it was not easy for the South City militia to maintain considerable organization, to swiftly construct barricades following commands.
