"My lord... it's just ahead." The Tanilia soldier, forced to lead the way, stumbled ahead, trembling as he clutched the wound on his head.
The man behind him instilled a fear so profound, the Tanilian old soldier had never seen such a ferocious warrior—charging into the crowd amidst musket fire, cutting down an entire squad of musketeers.
The soldier's legs trembled involuntarily, unable to stop, and fear made him look back involuntarily.
Seeing the movement, Winters, in a fury, smashed the butt of his gun hard against the back of the soldier's head.
The soldier fell face-first into the mud and scrambled to his feet without daring to delay, choking and praying as he moved forward.
The Venetians, no longer holding any reservations, had directly blasted open the volcanic crater at the mountaintop, sending water cascading down through the former streams to flood Tachi as the first wave of their assault.