Bab 163: War (5)

Before long, the soldiers reached the walls of the city, and soon, they began to move toward the gates. However, soon, the enemies emerged from the walls and threw a bunch of buckets toward them. 

The humans raised their shields to block the attacks, but naturally, the buckets weren't the real problem.

"AAaaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhhh!" Numerous soldiers shouted in agony. 

Somehow, the buckets didn't melt, but they were filled with acid. As expected, the enemies had a lot of time to prepare for that… it wasn't clear that they had prepared much more or if the whole situation was an ambush, but that was a bad starting point.

Despite that, not much damage had been caused on the human side. A lot of people were suffering, but no casualties took place in the first attack… but then the second wave of acid came.

"Fall back ten meters. They won't hit us if we keep our distance!" A random royal guard shouted. "Approach the gate and keep your guard up!"