Chapter 46

Note: Thanks to Alex for beta reading this!

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.

“FOR LORD LEO!” Bjorni roared.

The bugbear charged forward, Baaghi racing at her side. The werebears and werewolves surged out in their beast forms. The yetis rushed after, their thick, white hair flowing behind them. They snarled with hunger.

Ms. Trueno followed, ready to shout. The thunder sprite would see her favorite student protected. She raced with the others, pushing to the front. They would need her attack. The soldiers shouted in alarm. Archers melted back as a wall of pikes appeared.

The gates boomed shut behind the attacking monster girls.

Ms. Trueno ran as fast as she could, taking the lead as they hurtled at the pike formation. She inhaled deeply and shouted. The air distorted with the force of her sonic attack. The thunderous roar slammed into the pikemen and flung them back.

Suddenly, a hole opened in their bristling wall of stakes. Ms. Trueno slowed, letting Bjorni and Baaghi take the lead once more. The two monster girls led the attack. They plunged into the gap, hitting the soldiers concussed from her attack.

Wolves howled, bears roared, and yetis laughed.

Blood spurted as the monster girls plunged into the enemy soldiers. Bjorni battered them aside. Werebears clawed at soldiers as they passed. The two werewolves pounced and ripped out throats. So did the yetis.

Their pale bodies became smeared with crimson.

Ms. Trueno shouted, striking soldiers attacking at the flanks as the monster girls carved deeper into the enemy ranks. Baaghi roared, her muzzle smeared in blood. The soldiers stood no chance. They died before the charge. But not without inflicting wounds.

Garjan took a pair of spears in the side. Zuby’s head spun from her body, the yeti vanishing.

“Keep going!” Ms. Trueno cried.

Their attack slowed. The soldiers regrouped and enveloped the force.

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Nina Naughty watched in delighted amazement at the monster girls charging through the soldiers. It didn’t surprise her to see Baaghi or Bjorni leading a suicidal charge, but Ms. Trueno’s coppery body gleamed in the fight. It was vicious.