The Tale of Hakodate Fortress

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The forces return to Hakodate Fortress, and Tokuhime and her entourage are tended to. The ceremonies are not to happen until a few days later, so Nobukatsu is staying at the Fortress while concentrating his forces in the patrolling of the gate and the route to it.

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Later that day, Keika and other members of Tokuhime head to the depot where the cargo of her Lady vessel had been unloaded. Unknown to the garrison and their Lord, the Dragon assault on the convoy main purpose was to insert a powerful set of explosives into Hakodate, which would be used to disable the Fortress defenses and turn the tide of battle to their advantage.

With swift speed and calculated killing, Keika and the other infiltrators reached the cores of the defense system, and the resulting destruction shook the whole Fortress from top to bottom. Hakodate Fortress belly had been exposed, and the Dragons laying in wait for the opportunity became well aware of the plan success with the commotion of the defenders.
The garrison tried to deploy fighters to defend the Fortress, but once outside they were not only challenged by countless Golden Chrysanthemum Fighters and bombers, but also by Blood Dragon heavier units, who now approached the Fortress and bombarded it with impunity.

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Inside, Nobukatsu violently ordered any of his guards who were present to go out and fight all the enemies they could find, as explosions rocked the Fortress. Armed with his katana and pistol, he headed to the command centre, where the garrison was dealing with the infiltrators, who were trying to cause the maximum chaos possible.

During the fight, Nobukatsu suddenly had to dodge a thrown knife, and found himself under attack by Keika, who now fought with a short sword and the symbol of the Golden Chrysanthemums present on her battle attire. Keika managed to dispose of Nobukatsu pistol, but in the ensuing sword fight the Lord mastery proved itself superior to the assassin, and Keika was soon to be defeated.

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Outside, the Wolves of Hokkaido, who were used to the feelings of furious combat and zealous destruction of their foes, started feeling something that they had not experienced for a long time. Despair.
Despair, for the calls for aid to the Naval Forces, who were just an hour of travel away, had not been responded, and no word of reinforcements had come so far. Many began to feel that the Navy had abandoned them, and a few believed that the cause was their lord contempt to their allies against the Dragons.
The cruisers of the Dragons had almost destroyed all of the Nobukatsu gunboats, and were now aiming all of their guns on the Fortress walls.

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Keika the assassin had been disarmed, and Lord Nobukatsu moved closer to deliver the final blow on the despised representant of his enemies.
Alas, the fate of the Lord would not grant him a glimmer of victory today, as an explosion from the control centre hurled the nearby combatants out of their positions.

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