Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 324: Treachery

Chapter 324: Treachery

As the next day dawned it marked the ninth assault on the small castle, and the peasant prepared themselves for yet another grueling attempt to breach the walls. 

The sun cast its early rays over the battlefield, illuminating the makeshift ladders leaning precariously against the weathered stone ramparts. Shouts began to rise as they formed into disorganized but determined clusters.

The defenders atop the walls were already in position, their eyes bloodshot from days without proper rest. They gripped their weapons tightly, each man knowing that they did not have much fight in them. 

For more than a week they had been fighting , repelling attack during the day while trying to take as much sleep as possible during the night, only to be weakened by the sound of horns on men on the wall that discovered a small assault being made in the dark.

''Those bastards are going to try again'' A weary soldier commented to another who simply nodded 

''How much do you reckon until they actually manage to get inside?''The second asked ignoring the fact that what he had just said could be interpreted as self-sabotage,but at that moment everybody was too tired too care.

''Not much, I have made my peace long ago. I just went to the priest yesterday , you should have done the same.''

The men on the wall watched tiredly as the rebel started their attack , a sea of worn faces like theirs, carrying their ladders on shoulders and slinging stones with desperate fervor. Their war cries mixed with the dull thud of projectiles striking the castle walls, as both sides started shooting at each other from the distance.