The Battle Beneath the Walls
As Lane and Videl were thinking about these different things, two Ogre Kings managed to push through the endless tide of undead while dragging massive fortified scaling ladders behind them. Thick iron chains rattled across the blood-soaked ground as the enormous wooden ladders bounced over corpses and shattered weapons.
Ruby and Natalia were still far away, locked in fierce combat as they destroyed the remaining fortified scaling ladders. Neither of them noticed that these two had slipped through the battlefield amid the chaos.
The defenders lining the city walls instantly realized what was happening.
As the massive Ogre Kings dragged the enormous fortified scaling ladders closer and closer to the walls, panic spread through the ranks.
"If those ladders reach the walls, we're finished!"
A grizzled veteran knight shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice cracking with desperation.
