The Anvil (67 page)

Soon
other
Arstanian
warriors
copied
his
idea
and
ropes
were
being
thrown
at
the
wall
.
After
a
few
tries
Tom
’
s
rope
caught
a
log
and
Tom
started
pulling
.
He
felt
the
log
give
slightly
and
didn
’
t
trust
it
enough
to
try
to
climb
it
.
The
logs
must
not
have
been
set
very
deep
in
the
ground
.
Zack
and
a
few
others
joined
him
as
he
pulled
,
trying
to
bring
down
the
log
.
Tom
could
feel
the
log
leaning
,
pushing
dirt
up
on
the
other
side
.
Suddenly
the
resistance
disappeared
and
the
log
fell
.

Around
them
other
logs
started
falling
while
Tom
threw
the
rope
again
.
Cheering
broke
out
from
the
Arstanian
army
as
a
boulder
flew
over
the
wall
and
smashed
some
archers
.
After
a
moment
Tom
,
Zack
and
the
other
warriors
made
a
gap
large
enough
for
two
men
. “
Get
this
log
!”
Tom
yelled
to
the
warriors
,
indicating
a
fallen
sharpened
log
.
They
picked
up
the
log
and
went
to
the
whole
,
which
had
been
filled
by
some
enemy
warriors
with
large
shields
.
They
swung
the
log
and
it
smashed
the
two
shields
along
with
the
men
.
They
threw
the
log
through
the
hole
then
some
of
the
warriors
ran
through
the
hole
.

Tom
turned
and
yelled
“
Start
using
the
logs
as
battering
rams
!”
and
some
warriors
started
hitting
the
wall
with
fallen
logs
.
Then
Tom
turned
and
went
through
the
hole
behind
Zack
and
Dejoni
,
who
barely
fit
through
.
Tom
cut
at
the
nearest
enemy
soldier
,
then
saw
the
walls
falling
inward
as
Dragon
Guardian
,
wyverns
and
the
log
battering
rams
broke
through
the
logs
.
Alex
swung
his
spiked
tail
at
the
wall
nearby
,
knocking
many
logs
over
and
creating
a
gap
large
enough
for
ten
men
to
go
through
.

Tom
ran
over
the
where
the
archers
stood
,
firing
at
the
warriors
now
flooding
through
the
wall
.
All
around
Tom
 
was
pure
mayhem
,
men
flying
through
the
air
as
a
Guardian
or
wyvern
hit
them
,
some
running
from
or
towards
the
breaks
in
the
wall
.
Tom
smashed
his
shield
at
the
archer
commander
,
sending
him
flying
for
a
few
yards
.
He
ran
at
the
archers
,
who
after
seeing
their
commander
casually
thrown
through
the
air
ran
.

Many
dropped
their
bows
,
some
tripped
and
were
trampled
,
but
some
stood
and
shot
one
round
then
pulled
out
short
swords
.
Tom
created
a
wall
of
dirt
in
front
of
him
that
blocked
the
arrows
,
then
raised
his
axe
and
charged
,
yelling
,
with
ten
men
behind
him
.
Just
as
Tom
swung
his
axe
into
the
last
archers
neck
,
a
large
blood
red
dragon
landed
just
behind
him
.

It
spit
fire
on
five
of
the
men
near
him
,
spread
it
’
s
wings
and
lowered
it
’
s
head
as
a
figure
,
covered
in
red
armour
,
the
same
shade
as
his
dragon
,
got
off
.
Tom
knew
only
the
highest
ranking
generals
rode
dragons
in
the
Ilmartian
army
,
and
judging
by
the
size
of
the
dragon
and
craftsmanship
of
the
armour
,
this
was
one
of
the
three
Supreme
Generals
.

Each
of
the
Supreme
Generals
rode
a
giant
dragon
,
one
rode
a
black
dragon
,
another
a
brown
one
and
this
one
with
his
blood
red
dragon
,
they
were
some
of
the
greatest
warriors
ever
.
Tamil
,
the
one
who
rode
the
black
dragon
,
had
a
sword
,
Gontal
,
who
rode
the
brown
,
used
a
flail
,
and
Werin
,
this
one
,
used
an
axe
,
each
dragon
was
just
as
dangerous
,
probably
even
more
,
than
the
riders
.

Werin
pushed
his
visor
up
and
smiled
. “
I
see
you
know
who
I
am
.
But
I
do
not
know
who
you
are
.
I
would
like
to
know
the
name
of
the
child
who
has
helped
so
much
to
defy
me
and
the
great
Ilemart
Empire
before
I
kill
you
and
take
over
your
worthless
country
.”
Werin
told
him