Little Knife heard the unusual commotion outside the passage: the rumble of a collapsing stone wall, heaps of tin cans smashing into one another, and warriors roaring before they died. Any player who wasn't deaf could hear the chaotic, explosive din.
Little Knife told the other players to prepare for battle, then cautiously edged along the wall and poked his head out to see what was happening.
The count's private troops were busy trading blows with the Minisia foot knights and had no time to worry about the passage. Even those who noticed Little Knife's head poking out simply ignored him.
As long as the players in the passage didn't charge out, they had no desire to interfere-and no ability to, either.
Seeing this, Little Knife began to consider his options.
This was a perfect opportunity. If he led his people out now, they wouldn't even need to close in for melee combat. They could simply fire volleys from the mouth of the passage, disrupting the enemy formation and letting the foot knights finish them off.
But would that really be a good thing?
Helping the fortress guards wipe out this third faction that had barged in, especially when it was the weaker enemy... wouldn't that turn into another farce like the Song joining forces with the Jin to destroy the Liao?
Little Knife only had to think about it for a moment to realize it was possible. Very possible!
The collapsed stone wall and the foot knights pouring out of the passage behind it were enough to show that the guards inside Bolas Fortress were formidable and had laid a trap on the first floor.
If these elite Restoration Army troops hadn't suddenly appeared, the players would have been the ones taking that massive slap in the face when