64 Chapter 64 - Traitors at the Gate (1/2)
”Hold. Hold your positions!” Lord Swan yelled, his ranks of soldiers lowering their spears while knights continued to stream in to slow down the river of enemies rushing through the opened gate.
Beside the Lord ran Jack, and in several explosive steps he made it to and up the wall. Jumping to the door he blasted it open with a round house kick, and discovered a bunch of adventurers having frozen the pulley system.
”Go back, our job's done here,” their leader said, as a pair of wizards finished freezing the many cranks that operated the gate in place under mounds of gleaming ice.
”We don't want to fight you, but we won't have a choice if you come closer,” another said, holding his sword and shield in battle stance.
”You're all enchanted, aren't you?” Jack grimaced, and eyed one of the warriors in the back wielding a blunt mace.
”Yes. When we were travelling through the forest years ago we were captured by-”
Jack lunged forward and slamned aside a warrior with the flat of his blade. Dodging a sword strike, he kicked the warriors shield and sent him tumbling back.
Weaving his way through while disabling several more adventurers, Jack grabbed the mace from the back warrior's hands and bashed his legs into broken pieces.
”Stop, please!” their leader cried out as Jack smashed his way through the remaining adventurers to start blasting aside the chunks of ice. In three swift strikes the gears were pulled free, and the soldiers now spilling into the room after him could begin closing the gate.
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”Bring them in alive! Have the lady Violet tend to them, see if she can break the enchantments on their minds. Send a message to interrogate them, and discover if the enemy had any other ploys planned,” as Jack paused while the soldiers pulled the injured adventurers away, the stones swayed beneath him and great bellows mixed in with the sounds of battle.
Lunging past the soldiers Jack whirled down the stairs to find three trolls sourrounded by blazing green energy holding up the steel gate. Some archers fired shots at them, while the majority stood dazed. Amidst the archers ranks, the Flower Knight had a bandana of flowers over her face as she rapidly split a series of cute little mushrooms creatures in two. The creatures were hard to see, but wherever they ran the defenders soon became slack jawed and sleepy eyed.
Luckily many of the forward line warriors were largely unaffected, and currently battled against hellflame bearing saytr. Jumping down, Jack withdrew his claymore mid air to cleave two Satyrs, and with a rapid succession of strikes brought stability to the forward lines.
When the bodies had piled up as high as his chest, the archers finally resumed their volleys while reinforcing knight's, soldiers and militiamen poured in to fill the gaps.