get the archers sorted today. And ensure the
soldiers at the gates know how to wield that
boiling oil.”
“Do you know how to wield it?” Aedion
arched a brow.
Ren snorted. “What’s to learn? You dump a
giant cauldron over the side of the walls.
Damage done.”
It certainly required a bit more skill than
that, but it was better than nothing. At least
Darrow had made sure they had such supplies.
Aedion prayed they’d get the chance to use
them. With Morath’s witch towers, the odds
were that they’d be blasted into rubble before
the enemy host even reached either of the two
gates into the city.
“What we could really use is some
hellfire,” Ren muttered. “That’d keep them
from the gates.”
And potentially melt everyone around
lily
(lily)
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