Annabeth just smirked as the men roused themselves for battle. She lead them towards the walls when suddenly there was a large explosion of stink and water. Anna covered her face in case it was oil, but it turned out to be shit. Literal shit. [color=fff200]"Disgusting! As if this place wasn't foul enough with the fire-fens. Ugh, and to think I'm actually used to this wretched smell..."[/color] Annabeth pulled a small scarf up over her mouth to block the scent as Avery sent his men to their position. Not too far away Annabeth could hear the gates getting broken down and the town guards had already positioned themselves nearby, ready to intercept. Annabeth put her helmet on and lowered her visor, giving her a rather spooky [url=https://i.imgur.com/LVQJQCu.jpg]appearance[/url]. As she hefted her hammer the other men started bickering which just made her speak up so they'd pay attention. [color=fff200]"Those gates won't hold for long, let's get into positions!"[/color] Annabeth ran to join the town guard behind the makeshift fortifications they set up. Boxes, upturned wagons, and even a few stakes pounded into the ground. Most of the town guard had crossbows trained at the gate for the inevitable.

Back at the camp, when the orcs attacked the mercenaries were quick to take cover from their arrows and fire. News reached Diclonii quickly but he showed no concerned. [b]"Cowards, are you afraid of a little fire!? Those orcs are just trying to bait you into focusing on them. Once we take the walls their boars will mean nothing to us. Take cover, take a few shots at them when you can, and most importantly hold your ground!"[/b] The commander turned to a couple of soldiers who were about to load up more manure when he shouted at them. [b]"Two catapults, start loading the rocks! Aim for the city ramparts. Two siege towers are nearly complete, all we need to do is clear off any defenders and we'll be able to take the walls."[/b] All the while the soldiers were getting results into breaking through the gate. All they needed to do now was get their shock troopers ready to charge in once the gate was open.

As the catapults continued to fire their volley into the city, the gates crashed open. Arrows immediately flew through the gates towards the city's defenders to force them behind cover or else get struck by an arrow. Annabeth herself had turned away into a corner before she could've been struck. After the arrows came in the shock troopers: [url=https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/berserk/images/9/9a/Black_Dog_Knights.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080610152419]The Hellhound Knights[/url]. Though they were the opposite of knightly; they were the worse types of bandits and murderers that could exist. Most were criminals arrested in the Erlad Kingdom, but had been given "permission" to join the karusian mercenaries. They were meant to be cannon fodder, but many of these men were natural killers and inhumanely strong. As soon as the arrows were fired they charged through the gate and right towards the defenders. Their leader was a brute of a man with a gorilla-like face armed with a huge club, bigger than a man's body. Despite his size he was also fast as the defenders fired their crossbows at him and his horse, but he was easily able to smash them out of the air.

[b]"Is that all you got!? I AM KRUSH THE RAVAGER! And I'll enjoy smashing all of you men and women alike! Ga ha ha ha ha!"[/b]