Zich and his companions instantly destroyed the top of the tower, but they didn’t stop there. The more space they had knocked down inside the fortress, the better. Zich encouraged Hans and Snoc to move spots next to the crumbled fortress walls, and Snoc placed his hand on the wall again.

“Block!” He heard someone yell above him. His enemies felt an intense sense of danger after the fortress’ wall suddenly broke. A flurry of attacks flew toward Zich’s companions, but again, Zich and Hans’ swords blocked all the attacks. Like he did before, Snoc pulled out all the stones at the foot of the fortress wall, like he had done to the adjacent one.

Crumble! The wall fell, and another entrance formed. Zich was still not satisfied with just this, and his companions moved to the next wall. 

Their wall-crumbling efforts only came to an end when the soldiers started reaching the fortress. If they broke walls now, their allies might get swept by the fortress remains instead.

There were three entrances broken into the fortress now. If Steelwall tried to rebuild the fortress again, it would most likely cost a significant amount. However, it couldn’t be helped. They needed to investigate the Horus Gorge as soon as possible, and in order to minimize their sacrifices and...