Chapter Forty-Six
Maya gained the eastern wall only to see a boulder slam into Cheekha, crushing the werewolf. The stone bounced and struck Havas and Ullo, killing the two satyrs. Maya gaped. She had just arrived in the fight, and already three monster girls were down.
And a Level 3. We'll need her. I hope Leo can bring her back.
Maya turned to Ms. Trueno, Baaghi, and Bjorni. "We have to take down those siege engines."
"Yes," said Ms. Trueno. She nodded, her coppery scales gleaming in the sunlight.
The wall shook. A cloud of dust washed over the battlements.
"We should sally out of the gate," Baaghi growled. "We'll take the werebears, werewolves, and yetis."
Maya glanced over at the soldiers massing for an attack. "That leaves the wall lightly defended."
"Send up the choirs," Ms. Trueno said. "I'll go with the attackers. That leaves you with the wall, Maya."
"Okay," Maya said.
"Incoming!" screamed behind her.
She turned to see a bolder strike the crenelations, breaking through one of the teeth. A chunk of masonry struck Mastab the basilisk in the head. She vanished in a burst of motes.
"Go!" Maya cried, her insides quivering. "Now!"
"Werebears, werewolves, and yetis on me!" Baaghi roared and charged down the stairs leading up.
Across the wall, they flowed, leaving it so sparse. Maya looked at a large amount of space and the small number of girls she had to defend the city with. It wasn't enough. Not enough at all. This attack had to work. It was a formidable force.
They have to be more deadly than the human soldiers,
Maya thought.
Just have to be.
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"Can we come?" asked Solodada, the hellhound looking eager.
"No," Ms. Trueno said. "Close the gates behind us. Choirs, get up on the wall."
Siwang's Light monster girls rushed out. Bjorni pulled on the gates. They swung inward to protect the hinges. Dust billowed before them. Arrows soared in the sky and struck the wall above. A boulder crashed to the ground to the right.
This is insane,
Ms. Trueno thought.