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"Do not give in to your fear!" Vadim yelled as the ogres made a dent in the defenders.  "Archers draw your swords!"

He killed a couple of skeletons and then descended the ladder before it crowded, choosing to enter battle with his men on the ground, where he would be needed.

"Hold them back!"

Explosions of water sent skeletons flying, breaking them apart with fury.  But the water did nought but get the defenders wet.  Vadim did not see who caused the elemental explosion, but he sure was glad that the powerful adventurers were on their side.

The townsguard were giving a good accounting of themselves and he led a shieldwall-spear resistance to push back the tide of bone and metal while the adventurers drew the attention of the ogres and the powerful-looking leader.

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The Skeleton Leader was just in time to see the log coming it's way and dove aside, leaving his close soldiers to get splattered and just barely getting away without injury.

It looked around to try and figure out who was weilding such magic and instinctively laid eyes on Adam.  Letting out a whispery but loud command, it wrangled three skeleton warriors and led them forward toward Adam, dodging and sliping the fighting around them to get to the Druid.

As they neared him, the three warriors rushed Adam, with the Leader close in behind.

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The Beserker Ogre took the full brunt of the anchor attack in it's knee and roared in pain as it was taken off it's feet.  As it rose back up, it's mangled leg was difficult to stand on, rendering it slower than before.

It caught sight of Arthur and roared again, angrily, as it swung it's club overhand to come crashing down on the man.  Not caring who if it hit friend or foe, it tried to smash Arthur over and over again in it's rage.

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The Armoured Ogre was about to come to the aid of it's Beserker brother, making an irresistable force against Arthur, but it heard the taunts directed it's way by James.  It took a step toward the man with the anchor, but it knew enough of the Common Tonge that it could not help but be angered by the man in the robes.

It turned to James and beat it's chest before charging the little bastard, meaning to teach him a lesson and end his life.

When it got close, a sudden beam of light hit it in the face and felt like it's eyes were burned out.  It's head rocked backward and it was completely blinded.  Then it recoiled in pain as the townsguard set upon its legs, digging their spears and shortswords in the spots where it had no armour.

All it could do, for the moment, was swing blindly.

It missed most of it's swings, but managed to hit one guardsmen, the giant machete-like sword crushing and tearing armour and flesh.  Another blind sweeping swing was on target for James, looking so powerful it might cut the Cleric in half.

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The townsguards efforts combined with Zell and MacKensie was barely enough to hold back the overwhelming odds on the wall.  But with no more than 15 of them to start with, each death of the defenders made the odds against them even greater.

At least all the climbers were finally done getting over the battlements and no more would show up, as the rest of the raiding party went through the gate.  If they could just win the fight for high ground, then a significant portion of the defense was done.

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"Thank you!  Thank you so much," the woman replied to the three adventurers, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Segreant Harold, trusting that Clive, Kyouka and Fenna could handle the task, took the arm of the woman.  "Come on, we have to go."

The woman trusted the adventurers too.  "Be swift," she said to them, parting ways.

...

Selica started screaming when she saw the skeletons.  They were like something out of her nightmares.  She felt trapped.  She could've got down and ran, but the way opposite the danger was barred by the river that flowed through town.  And so she stayed in the tree, screaming for her mother.

The skeleton minions might've missed her had they not heard her.  Unfortunately they now had a target and made towards the crying girl with intent to climb the tree and put an end to her life.