"The Artillerymen under my command, when fully staffed, could achieve a top training performance of firing three bombs per minute. In actual combat, firing two bombs per minute was already considered excellent. Their powerful firepower could instantly destroy an enemy's formation. No army could resist the might of the cannons.
"But monsters are not human. They are not afraid of the casualties caused by cannons. On the contrary, the death of each monster only sparked their greed, while completely disregarding the attacks from muskets. And now, they had closed in to within one hundred meters.
"At that time, the only ones who could maintain their will to fight were the Knights and Crusaders summoned by the Church. One hundred Knights, along with more than three hundred armored Crusaders, formed a defense line that steadied the formation.
"When longswords easily inflicted damage upon those creatures that even muskets couldn't kill, the monsters actually fell to melee weapons.