Castle Sieges Are Hard

With enemy mages stationed up front to hit the warriors, Momo orders her archers to drop the mages before they can cast and tells her warriors to stay beyond the spells' reach. Unji transforms and cuts down a swath of archers, confirming Momo's choice to make him the army's lone knight. Seeing his HP fall even after blocking a warrior's blow, she warns that his knight role leaves him vulnerable to warriors specifically.

Unji, the army's sole knight, channels his spiritual power to mow down the opposing archers. After roughly a third of the foe's ranks fall, behemoths are sent in to crush large numbers on Momo and Unji's side. She warns Unji away from the behemoths, which count as warrior class, and has her own warriors raise shields against the archers' arrow volley. A fire-breathing wyvern overhead then wipes those warriors out. Momo directs her archers at the wyvern, treating it as a mage-class threat, and asks Unji to deal with the enemy archers. Yet with warriors guarding the mages and the beasts pressing on, she senses the tide turning against them.

This nineteen-page Volume 17 chapter carries the Danmara Arc forward within the Kintama Hunt Saga. Released on April 2, 2024, it continues the clash titled Danmara Captives versus Castle Siege Army and frames the fight as a strategy battle that steadily slips out of Momo's control.