Half an hour later, under the Minotaur warriors' numerical advantage, the half-finished trench was quickly filled in and leveled.
The animal carcasses kept piling up as well.
The Shepherd Priests' panpipes drew more and more animals to them.
The carcasses piled up beneath the walls, allowing the Minotaurs to use them to climb up.
If the Minotaurs managed to seize a section of wall, they could use it as a foothold to take the rest. Yveta and the others were defending a low-grade little castle.
When that happened, they would have no choice but to retreat directly to the castle's main keep.
So the Griffin Knight, accompanied by two Formal Knights and seven Knight Attendants, fought desperately where the Minotaurs' assault was most concentrated.
The defenders' catapults and arrows also inflicted considerable losses on the attacking army.
The Griffin Knight suddenly swung his Knight Sword sideways and slammed it into a Minotaur, driving him backward until he toppled onto the other Minotaurs.
The Minotaurs roared and strained together, trying to withstand the Griffin Knight's monstrous strength.
But thanks to the power of his Super Fiber Muscle structure, the Griffin Knight managed to push three Minotaurs who had climbed onto the wall right back off it—all by himself.
He spun his Knight Sword, turning it into a blur of Whirlwind Slashes whose path was impossible to follow.
Another Minotaur had just climbed up when, in the briefest moment, the Griffin Knight slashed his neck once from either side, struck his body three times, then kicked him back down.
The Griffin Knight noticed that Minotaurs were trying to break through at every section of the wall. This was merely where their attacks were most concentrated.
The Knights who had been beside him earlier had already spread out to defend different parts of