Corporal Ping, a grunt earth demon, was surrounded and saw the enemy sneaking into the city. For the most part the wall guards had managed to manipulate the wall to knock down ladders. But hundreds had made it into the city before all the ladders had been destroyed.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, he remembered a game he had played when younger. It was called mole rat, and had consisted of racing underground by bending the earth, the first person to the other side of the hill won. Jumping into the air he slammed his feet hard, bending the earth out of his way and sealing the exit behind him. Feeling the vibrations of the earth, as he had all those years ago, he navigates his way under the city and emerged inside the castle, scaring several civilians who packed the building. 

Running hard, exhausted from the energy required to control so much earth, he panted heavily as he opened the doors to the command room. 

"They've... breached... the walls" he panted, forgetting his formalities

Lord Chung slammed his hands into the table, splintering it into pieces. They were almost out of time and he hadn't figured out how to evacuate.

"How did a corporal get all the way here? You're supposed to be outside the city walls!" Barked Lady Bei

"Mole rat... your ladyship" he said, only now remembering to stand at attention

"You f-cking played games?!" The lord said incredulous

"No you damn fool!" She replied for the corporal "he solved our problem."

Addressing the whole room, which included an assortment of generals and human leaders she said "have the best mole rat players assembled, we are going to sneak out of here underground!"
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The castle and mayor's mansion, where the civilians had been packed, we're quickly abuzz as the youngest and lowest ranking demons in the city suddenly became the ones in charge. Without any time to waste they began digging out tunnels from the basements, with the corporals and sergents rotating turns at the front to lead the escape in the inky black of the earth.

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As soon as the civilians, and most of the army, we're safely out of the city, the remaining demons implemented the final phase. With the Theocrats scaling the walls unopposed by now the remaining one thousand demons sent the east wall flying over, collapsing into the river, exposing the city. Closing the tunnels behind them, and continuing to close them for a mile more, they escaped. The city of Shen was now in the hands of Theos, thought not its people.

(Ooc: you wouldn't be able to find out how they escaped. But you would gain all the food, alcohol and tools the city had)