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On the North Shore of Rose River.
The man with a dark face watched helplessly as his men on the South Bank were overwhelmingly defeated.
At the same time, an unknown number of infantry were bypassing to the North Shore from upstream.
The man with a dark face took out a round silver box, opened it, glanced inside, and with resignation and helplessness commanded, "We've held the legion back long enough—proceed with the original plan, retreat in groups!"
Through a unique method of communication, the message quickly reached all the eagle guards.
Inside a civilian house by the riverbank, a swordsman received the retreat order and suddenly drew his sword, stabbing the one-armed man beside him.
The one-armed man was a notorious pickpocket leader from the Old Town district of Steel Fortress; seven of his underlings were on the barricades at the South Bank.
