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The final siege warfare took place ahead of the second server transfer. While several servers took a breather with no active battles, conflict burned continuously in the major hot spots. On Christer in particular, the castle control layout flipped completely, giving momentum to a counteroffensive by the suppressed Notongsu Alliance.

Astair saw clashes over the Orc Fortress right from the start. The K Alliance had already confirmed several times that defending their main castle was no issue. Meanwhile, the Notongsu Alliance recognized that while fighting at the main castle was tough, they had a shot at the Orc Fortress. As a result, both forces headed straight for the Orc Fortress as soon as the siege began. Amid fierce combat, the castle ownership of the Orc Fortress changed hands multiple times, but it was the Notongsu Alliance holding the gates at the end.

On Paagrio, the balance of power hardened even further. The layout—with The K Alliance holding Windawood and the Notongsu Alliance controlling Kent and the Orc Fortress—remained unchanged for weeks and ended the same way this week. That does not mean it was quiet. Continuous fighting erupted starting from Windawood, and a strike force from The K Alliance resumed offensive operations, targeting both Kent and the Orc Fortress. While they managed to penetrate the interior of the Orc Fortress, they were unable to complete the imprint and had to turn back.

On Christer, the suppressed Notongsu Alliance gained significant momentum after successfully seizing the Orc Fortress from the Star Alliance. Today's siege also began with the Notongsu Alliance defending Kent Castle against attacks from the Star Alliance. However, as the Star Alliance's offensive waned in the late phase, the Notongsu Alliance took action and targeted Windawood Castle. Although the castle owner of Windawood changed briefly before being quickly restored, the Notongsu Alliance captured the Orc Fortress in the interim. With insufficient time left, the Star Alliance failed to reclaim it, leading to the Notongsu Alliance holding more castles than their rivals for the first time in a while.

As Astair is the main base of The K Alliance, the overall power dynamic between the two factions is night and day. However, with the main force of the Notongsu Alliance joined by support from numerous Bottoldan players, they have maintained a fairly even fight at the Orc Fortress, defending the castle again this week.

As the siege began, the Notongsu Alliance, mindful of Windawood Castle as usual, attempted to block enemy entry by forming a human barricade along the flag line. However, The K Alliance deployed only the minimum necessary defense force and immediately launched an attack on the Orc Fortress, accelerating the tempo.

Pressed by The K Alliance's rapid onslaught, the Notongsu Alliance hurriedly pulled back both their main force and the Bottoldan unit to the Orc Fortress, kicking off a full-scale battle for control. Just 5 minutes into the siege, The K Alliance took the castle title, but the Notongsu Alliance reclaimed the imprint just 2 minutes later.

Subsequently, numerous pledges including Free, Zephyros, HOOKTEAM, Santa Empire, and Unity A traded ownership of the Orc Fortress crown. As troops entered and engaged in combat, castle rulers flipped continuously, sending players teleporting back to town, only to rush back, break down the repaired gates, and target the crown once again.

Even amidst the chaos, it was the Notongsu Alliance that maintained higher control. Around the 40-minute mark, their attempt to exploit a gap in The K Alliance by attacking Kent Castle backfired, costing them the Orc Fortress. However, they succeeded in re-imprinting just 2 minutes later, driving the enemy out.

Afterward, when the Notongsu Alliance pushed their main force's Monarch to complete the imprint and fortify their defensive line, news of castle owner changes ceased. In the final stretch, The K Alliance committed all available reinforcement teams to an all-out assault—leaving only minimal defense forces at Kent and Windawood—but breaking through proved difficult against an already established main force. Though they managed to slightly rattle the defense line, the siege ended, wrapping up the week in another 2:1 dynamic.

On Paagrio, both alliances relentlessly pressured their targets without a moment's rest, but defense proved stronger than offense, resulting in zero changes in castle ownership.

As the siege started, the Notongsu Alliance naturally attacked Windawood Castle, and The K Alliance responded. Though a war of attrition persisted at the east gate of Windawood Castle for over 10 minutes, the outer gate's defense line remained undamaged.

Confirming that their defenses were stable, The K Alliance's strike force went into action. They first targeted Kent Castle, attempting a left-right flank by striking the main gate before shifting focus to the east gate. Having observed the strike force's movements over several weeks, the Notongsu Alliance smoothly repelled them as if accustomed to the tactic.

With defense holding superior for both sides and offenses yielding no results, The K Alliance's strike force attempted another round of Windawood defense support and Kent Castle attacks before pivoting strategy to launch a surprise attack on the Orc Fortress past the 50-minute mark. Because defensive lines at the Orc Fortress were relatively incomplete, they succeeded in advancing all the way to the Guardian Tower.

But that was as far as they got. Since The K Alliance's strike force consisted of a small group of about 2 parties, taking and holding the wide-entranced Orc Fortress on their own was an uphill battle. As enemy defense forces reinforced and pushed them out of the Orc Fortress, The K Alliance committed additional troops to assault Kent Castle, but ran out of time. Ultimately, the siege ended mid-attack, leaving Kent and the Orc Fortress in the hands of the Notongsu Alliance while The K Alliance retained Windawood for another week.

On Christer, the Notongsu Alliance clearly rode strong momentum by securing two castles for the first time in a while. Although they spent most of the siege defending Kent Castle, they seized the opportunity when the enemy's attack weakened in the late phase, flipping their stance to imprint Windawood Castle and the Orc Fortress in succession to turn the tide.

The early phase belonged to the Star Alliance's attack phase. As the Star Alliance surrounded the castle gates to pour down bombardment in an effort to break the Notongsu Alliance's defense line, Notongsu's intercept squad worked from behind to disrupt their formation. In a repeating cycle, the stage shifted from the east gate to the main gate and back to the east gate. Throughout this process, the Notongsu Alliance's gate defense line surged forward and fell back repeatedly, but ultimately denied any inner penetration.

Up until 10 minutes before the end of the siege, the Notongsu Alliance had remained purely on defense before launching a dramatic comeback at the final moment. When the Star Alliance committed heavy forces to taking Kent, the Notongsu Alliance spotted an opening at Windawood Castle, penetrated inside, and successfully executed the imprint.

Naturally, ownership of Windawood Castle reverted back just 1 minute later as Star Alliance forces returned, but momentum had already shifted. While the Star Alliance was busy clearing Windawood Castle, the Notongsu Alliance immediately headed to the Orc Fortress and successfully captured it. By the time those who wrapped up the situation at Windawood headed to the Orc Fortress, a defense line had already been established.

With only about 1 minute remaining, the Star Alliance redirected to Kent Castle before returning to the Orc Fortress, but time was too short to achieve any results. The siege concluded as it stood, ending with the Notongsu Alliance overtaking the Star Alliance to secure 2 castles and seize victory for the first time in a long while.