Chapter 275: Fire on the Canal
Dawn did not arrive with the pale, freezing light of the previous days. It arrived in a blinding arc of orange flame.
General Marek had lost his patience. The smuggling network had bypassed his starvation blockade, and time was no longer a free resource for the Capital forces. He had sworn to take the city with minimal human casualties. The time for that promise had expired.
The heavy siege engines positioned outside the ruined southern walls ground into motion. They did not aim for the fortified brick warehouses. They did not target the heavy iron barricades blocking the streets.
The Capital engineers aimed the heavy artillery directly upward.
THOOM.
THOOM.
THOOM.
A dozen massive incendiary payloads launched into the gray sky. They sailed over the eastern quarter in flawless ballistic arcs. They bypassed the physical defenses and plunged directly toward the center of the district.
They struck the frozen canal.
