Before dawn had fully broken the next day, the previously quiet enemy camp suddenly erupted with noise. The High Mountain Tribe's soldiers had already donned their gear, picked up their battle axes and round shields, and were ready.
After the Terra soldiers on watch in the wall's guard towers noticed the enemy's movements, they hurriedly sounded the horn. Hearing it, Ronan and the others quickly put on their armor, took up their weapons, climbed onto the wall, and took their positions.
Ronan and his men were responsible for defending the left side of the guard tower housing the gate mechanism, while Dario and Inella's elves defended the right side.
The enemy began to move. This time, the High Mountain Clan had not brought any craftsmen, so they could not build siege ladders. Only half their soldiers had been deployed, with the other half still assaulting Fortress Two. They could only carry their ladders and charge through the defenders' rain of arrows.
Ronan stood by the battlements with a longbow, nocked an arrow, and drew it to full strength. He fired with precision at a highlander's helmet. The powerful arrowhead pierced through the helmet and emerged from the back, and the highlander immediately toppled to the ground.
Ronan fired arrow after arrow, each one killing an enemy soldier. But compared to the enemy's numbers, it was barely a drop in the bucket. The highlanders soon set their ladders against the wall and began climbing with round shields raised.
Ronan fired several arrows downward, but he had no angle. They were all blocked by shields, the arrows embedding themselves in the wood without harming the enemy.
The Terra soldiers used spears to stab the enemies climbing close to the top off the wall one by one. Yet several soldiers precisely blocked the