Fall of the empire (3)

"What's the situation outside?"

Speaking with a solemn voice it seemed that the Emperor already had some idea of what was going on, but still, it seemed like he wanted to hear the specifics from the messenger that had arrived.

"... The outer defences have completely shattered and are overrun on all flanks. While there have been some attempts to slow down the advances into the city by our honourable imperial guard, they have not accomplished anything other than sustaining sizeable losses… It seems our current enemy is extremely knowledgeable about fighting within packed city spaces."

"So it would seem. How far have they reached into the city?"

As if the Emperor had predicted a large part of what the messenger had to say already he didn't really appear that phased by it, to his close subordinates it appeared like the Emperor was already contemplating other issues, for example, what he needed to do to repel the current invasion.