So when Marino Duke Lorne stepped onto the towering city wall with his Personal Guard, a rare sliver of confidence finally rose within him.
The shadow of the Giant Dragons in the sky had long since vanished, the continuous raindrops had also ceased, and only the water still flowing through the drainage channels along the wall remained.
Many of the soldiers guarding the wall were huddled together in the embrasure towers, shrinking into themselves and squeezing close to one another for warmth.
Even unending drizzle should not have been this cold, but the Golden Empire possessed countless Giant Dragons, and among the Five-Color Dragons, the White Dragons in particular were overwhelmingly numerous.
