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Erawan’s army launched at the city for
another day of all-out assault on the walls.
The ruks soared, dodging arrows and
spears, snatching soldiers from the ground and
pulling them apart. Atop the birds, the rukhin
unleashed their own torrent of fury in careful,
clever passes organized by Sartaq and Nesryn.
But after five days, even the mighty ruks
were slowing.
And Morath’s siege towers, which they had
once easily shattered into scraps of metal and
wood, were now making their way to the
walls.
“Ready the men for impact,” Chaol ordered
the grim-faced captain standing nearby. The
captain shouted the command down the lines
Chaol had gathered just before dawn.
A few bands of Morath soldiers had
managed to get grappling hooks into the walls
these past two days, hoisting up siege ladders