The Wizard's Tower 02 by Peter Last

Author:Peter Last [Last, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bluewater Publications LLC
Published: 2015-04-06T23:00:00+00:00

Seven

“General!”

Josiah jerked awake at the shout and sat up on the couch he had been napping on. He rubbed his eyes and turned to face the man who had woken him. The messenger was a soldier, now standing ramrod straight in front of his superior.

“At ease, soldier,” Josiah said. “What news do you have?”

“The enemy is approaching, sir,” the soldier said. “Scouts have reported the main body of their army to still be a day or two out, but smaller scouting forces have been seen only a few hours away.”

Josiah stretched and stood as he thought through this new information. A week had passed since they had reached Castle Far Point, and already reinforcements were pouring in. Their numbers had already increased from twenty thousand to twenty-five thousand, and they were expected to increase to thirty thousand before the end of the day. Even so, many of these men were not soldiers but simply citizens who had answered the call of their countrymen. It was obvious that most of them had never held a sword before; in fact, many of them had arrived armed only with pitchforks and other improvised weaponry. They still had no news concerning any reinforcements by dragons, and their forces were looking rather thin compared to that of the enemy.

Josiah thanked the soldier and dismissed him. He stretched again to get all the kinks out of his body and then headed for Nathan’s quarters. When he arrived, the elf had already been informed of the news and had a sand table set up with a rough likeness of the surrounding area and small markers to indicate soldiers. As Josiah entered, the elf looked up and greeted him.

“So, what about the wall?” Josiah asked as he leaned on the sand table and looked at the scene depicted there.

“The wall is obviously not finished, but it’s in reasonably good shape,” Nathan answered. “It has finally been extended along the full mile we’re protecting and has been built fifteen feet high in most spots. It should be wide enough to withstand ram or catapult attacks, but we won’t know until it’s tested.”

“Now that’s something I hope never happens,” Josiah muttered as he studied the table. “We should revisit the question of force size. Given our numbers, how long can we hold this position?”

“That all depends,” Nathan said. “We have roughly twenty thousand men now, but even so, they’re going to be spread pretty thinly if we are to cover the whole wall. The real trick is to figure out where they are most likely to attack, so that we can post the ogres there.”

“There havn’t been any reports of dragons or griffins accompanying the army, have there?” Josiah asked.

“Not as of yet,” Nathan answered. “As far as we know, we’re just going to have to deal with their massive ground force.”

“And that’ll be enough trouble in and of itself,” a low gravelly voice said. Nathan and Josiah looked up to see that Levvy had joined them. “Even with all our preparation, we will still be badly disadvantaged.

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