The Siege of Shuigu City, City Breached!

"May the God of the Hunt protect us! Nieka, take the family's warriors and charge up there!"

The top of the wall was faintly wavering, the situation turning critical. Black Snake Tlilcoatl stood on high and shouted furiously. He urgently waved the command flag, deploying his trusted Captain of Warriors, Nieka, to lead five hundred elite family warriors to reinforce the wall.

"Charge! Drive the enemy off the wall!"

"Kill! Hack those Spiny Rats defending the city to death!"

Scaling ladders were set against the wall, their copper hooks biting tight into the ramparts. Very soon, one or two hundred Tecos axe warriors climbed up in a few strides and leapt into the crowd atop the wall to fight. They held shields in one hand to block and swung Copper Axes in the other, chopping savagely through the militiamen like coyotes pouncing on wild rabbits.

These tribal warriors had all been selected from among thousands of surrendered soldiers, and they had long been famed for bravery among the Tecos tribes. They had all been promised that as long as they were among the first to scale the walls and did not die, they would be formally incorporated into the legion and promoted to Level 3 Warriors of the kingdom! And if they could kill a leader among the Tlaxcalan, they would even be promoted again, leaping straight into the ranks of the kingdom's military nobles!

At this moment, behind them stood the Red-hair Hunters overseeing the battle; retreat meant certain death. Ahead of them lay the shaken Shuigu City; only by climbing the wall and risking their lives was there a thread of survival. Rich rewards were before them, death behind them. The tribal warriors had no choice but to rouse their remaining courage and fight with all their might