Gunshots echoed through the vicinity of the palace. A battle was clearly being waged—and judging by the wounded among the brigand forces, dragged behind armored cars forming a perimeter around the entrance, it had been going on for some time.
Bruno and a company of his men weren't far—held up in a two-story building with a balcony offering a clear vantage point over the targets below. This was the nearest strip of buildings to House von Luxemburg's grand estate. The walls that once protected it had been breached by enemy armor.
Alongside Bruno was a squad armed to the teeth: an MG-42 machine gun team, a designated marksman, and riflemen wielding Sturmgewehr prototypes—each fitted with ZF-4 pattern optics equipped with ballistic drop compensator reticles.
