61 Chapter 61 - Facing Annihilation (1/2)
”More arrows!” screamed an archer, the bowmen beside him lossening as quickly as they could.
Arrowheads slamned through gangly Satyr heads and starved goblin alike, the tidal wave of monster like an endless swarm as they assaulted the walls.
”Conserve your ammunition! Focus on aiming, make every shot count!” said Lord Swan, marching along the walls with all his shining knights in tow.
So far the pure numbered of the enemy had only managed to test Tariak's defences, dozens of simultaneous ladder attacks scaling the walls. Yet once above the starved and tired enemy were butchered by even the lowest militiamen, until the land ran red with blood.
”I said conserve your ammunition damnit!” Lord Swan roared, having to pull away a lot of arrows before a group of hunters could get their hands on them.
”Follow your Lord's orders,” Kenji yelled out, ”these are just to find weakness. The true threat will come in the next wave. Lord Swan, with your permission might I raise us some allies?”
”You may, but direct them to protect the main gate. Messengers, order the remainder of our militiamen to defend those areas that suffered through that last assault with the most difficulty,” Lord Swan said, horns blowing soon after and a great rush of feet filled the streets behind.
Huge columns of farmers, townsfolk, loggers and their soldier supervisors spread throughout Tariak's parameter to reinforce several points along it's walls.
”Are you sure my dead are best used defending the main gate? That seems to be our most defended area already,” Kenji said as Dana the Damned. As he arose dozens of the dead below and contorted them into Dana's special Ghoul hounds, he frowned.
Ranks of soldiers stood behind the gate, with dozens of archers above flanked by knight's and adventurers. The streets and houses behind had been fortified, the direct area beyond the gate entrance turned into a massive killing field even if the enemy managed to break through.
”It is our greatest weakness,” Lord Swan said as he saluted the ranks below. Farm boys grinned just as goofily as their fathers as they saluted back, too many still naive enough to think this all a grand game.
Those who fought on the walls during the initial waves seemed espect eager, their pitchforks and scythes drenched in the blood of easy kills. None would be prepared when the real enemy army attacked, and Kenji worried their overconfidence would prove crushing in the face of a real foe.
”Should the enemy breach a wall, they will only be able to trickle through. But the gate? If they get through there they can pour through the greatest arteries of Tariak. Their forces would unpin our entire defensive line and being about an utter collapse of our forces. That is why it is important to defend it as heavily as possible.”
With dozens of slack jawed ghouls sent howling to patrol outside the gate, Kenji couldn't see anyone getting through. Using one of Dana's tricks, Kenji continued to raise ghouls only to let his control of them slip. This way the feral ghouls went set free across the battlefield, were they ate corpses and quickly grew in strength, whilst Kenji could continue to raise more and more dead without the restriction of needing to control them.
”Where are those inquistors?” said Lord Swan, surveying the walls to only find the silver and grey clothed war priests of the Silver Swan Knights and the patchwork groups of adventurer priests in attendance.
”They would prefer to hide, Lord. But rest assured Warden Company stands ready,” Jack said as he arrived at the head of his warriors. Without the smothering presence of the inquisitors symbols the Warden Company seemed instead a unified force of warriors. Every man and woman in their ranks looked at Jack with sparkling eyes, the man himself having a powerful presence currently that made him feel a walking force of nature.
Kenji noticed more differences in the Captain. His eyes were too wide, his grin too shining and his body frantically twitching as if he literally could not bare the wait to fight.
Striding up with too much speed, he leaned in to whisper in Kenji's ear.
”If you meet Phillip, my High Priest of the Inquisition, consider him an enemy. This is your only warning,” Jack nodded gravely, then gestured to his warriors to flood the walls.
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