In the August 23 siege battle, the overall castle count distribution remained the same across all three major battlegrounds. However, beneath the surface of these fierce clashes, there were shifts in the specific types of castles held by each alliance.

In Astair, The K Alliance held onto Kent and Windawood, while the No Tongsu Alliance maintained control of the Oak Fortress. However, unlike last week, the No Tongsu Alliance had much less breathing room. Previously, their strategy of moving quickly toward the Oak Fortress worked well, allowing them to firmly defend the Guardian Tower. But in today's siege, their defense line was broken by The K Alliance's assault, and they barely managed to complete the 2:1 ratio after a frantic end-game engraving battle.

In Paagrio, the power dynamic between the two teams became even closer. Today's main focal point was whether the No Tongsu Alliance, which lost Windawood Castle last week, could manage to reclaim it. In the end, The K Alliance successfully defended, maintaining the same castle composition as last week. The scale of the battle expanded significantly midway through the siege when Jeontong Myeongga, who had been defending Kent Castle, officially joined the fray. Yet even under these heavy attacks, the castle gates held firm, leaving the castle ownership unchanged.

In Valakas, the size of the Anti-King Vala Alliance (The K) appeared somewhat reduced compared to before. Perhaps as a result, they lost Kent Castle—which they had claimed last week—almost immediately after the siege began. For a long time during the subsequent skirmishes, they were unable to breach the enemy lines, making it seem as though they would end up empty-handed. However, with just 10 minutes remaining in the siege, Windawood Castle began to fall, causing the situation to escalate rapidly. After two or three attempts at engraving, The K Alliance succeeded in securing the final engraving, effectively swapping Kent Castle and Windawood Castle between the two forces.

Last week, the No Tongsu Alliance successfully claimed the Oak Fortress by using a human barricade tactic that relied on sheer numbers. This week, however, The K Alliance appeared to find a countermeasure.

Early engagement in Astair began with the No Tongsu Alliance attacking Kent and Windawood, both defended by The K Alliance. Their initial target was Windawood Castle, but when progress stalled there, they shifted their assault to Kent before targeting Windawood again—frequently moving around to find gaps in the enemy's defensive setup.

During this process, defense lines wobbled slightly as The K Alliance suffered casualties at Windawood Castle's main gate—where Boddoltan waged a war of attrition—and at the east gate, which was targeted by the main force. Ultimately, however, the gates were not breached, bringing the No Tongsu Alliance's offensive to a halt.

After wrapping up nearly 40 minutes of engagement, the No Tongsu Alliance opted once again to move early to the Oak Fortress and lock down their defense, though somewhat slower than last week. Around the central Guardian Tower, the main forces of Astair's No Tongsu Alliance—including Zephyros—built a primary defense perimeter, while other alliance members layered around them as a human shield, completely packing the Oak Fortress.

Since this strategy had been used before, The K Alliance came prepared. Confirming that enemy forces had withdrawn early, The K Alliance quickly deployed troops to the Oak Fortress, utilizing area-of-effect (AoE) magic and focused fire from the outside to steadily clear out defensive personnel and approach the Guardian Tower.

Ultimately, with 5 minutes left in the siege, an engraving battle for the Oak Fortress erupted between the two alliances. With only tens of seconds remaining, the No Tongsu Alliance successfully breached the interior via the north gate and put on the crown, narrowly retaining their title as lords of the castle.

In Paagrio, the Chonggun Alliance (The K), which successfully escalated from the Oak Fortress to Windawood Castle last week, proved that their achievement was no fluke. Although the No Tongsu Alliance launched relentless attacks for an entire hour to retake Windawood Castle, The K Alliance ultimately refused to let the enemy breach the outer castle gate.

Immediately after the siege began, the No Tongsu Alliance launched an attack directly at Windawood Castle, whereas The K Alliance utilized an interception squad to swiftly engrave the vacant Oak Fortress. Of course, as there was no subsequent attempt to defend it after engraving, this move appeared intended to distract the enemy rather than actually hold the fortress.

As troops that had briefly diverted to the Oak Fortress returned, full-scale battles for Windawood Castle got underway, with The K Alliance comfortably defending through the mid-game. Though the No Tongsu Alliance continuously pounded both the east gate and main gate, The K's interception squads infiltrated behind enemy lines while they hammered away at the sturdy defensive formation, scattering the opponent's firepower and ensuring a stable defense.

The offensive intensified after the mid-stage, when forces from Jeontong Myeongga—who had been guarding Kent Castle—officially joined the battle for Windawood Castle. With significantly greater numbers came higher firepower, pushing back Windawood Castle's east gate defense line and seemingly opening up an avenue of attack.

However, the path leading into the interior was quickly filled in again. Responding rapidly to the enemy offensive, The K Alliance layered defensive troops at the rear, successfully pushing the defense line back out. The No Tongsu Alliance continued to attack Windawood Castle afterward, but after failing to produce results, they shifted their target to the Oak Fortress in the final moments. They succeeded in reclaiming the Oak Fortress—which had been taken early on by The K's interception squad—wrapping up the 10th siege battle.

In Valakas, the Anti-King Vala Alliance (The K) appeared somewhat diminished in size compared to the tight battle lines seen up until last week. Perhaps because of this, Kent Castle's gates flew open almost instantly as the siege began, and after ceding the engraving, ownership of the castle transferred to the No Tongsu Alliance.

The K Alliance launched attack after attack to reclaim the lost Kent Castle. However, likely due to their overall reduced numbers, the No Tongsu Alliance repeatedly surrounded and swallowed their forces, preventing sustained pressure on the castle gates. Though The K Alliance shifted between the main gate and east gate, singling out and picking off individual targets, they lacked the force necessary to clear out the entire defense.

After failing to achieve results despite tens of minutes of combat at Kent Castle, The K Alliance shifted their target to Windawood Castle. This time, their attack proved effective. Following a powerful single-point breakthrough at the east gate, the enemy's defensive formation collapsed, opening the path to the Guardian Tower.

Although the No Tongsu Alliance temporarily pushed back the attackers through a lord rotation, The K Alliance managed to penetrate the interior once again before the shattered defense lines could be re-established. In the ensuing engraving battle, the No Tongsu Alliance drove back the invaders one more time, but with 5 minutes left before the siege ended, The K Alliance successfully captured Windawood Castle.

The No Tongsu Alliance rushed back to retake Windawood Castle, but having succeeded in engraving with their main force rather than a temporary Monarch, The K Alliance swiftly formed a defensive line at the outer gate and held it until the siege ended. Despite losing Kent Castle in an instant due to a weight-class disadvantage, their refusal to give up ultimately yielded rewards.