Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king - Chapter 582: A dead man legacy(1)

... he smoke rising was the dust of shattered doors and the cries of the conquered.

The settlement boiled with chaos as soldiers in worn white and black surcoats stormed through the winding alleys, kicking down doors with iron-shod boots. Some men, wide-eyed with terror, tried to bar their homes from the inside, but the flimsy wood was no match for seasoned soldiers who laughed and battered it down with hilts and shield edges.

Inside, they tore apart cupboards and chests, looting any ...