As it happened, their building was done in quiet. Halfway up the hill was where Oliver stopped. They were now well within range of the walls. They could have sprinted up to them if they wished to – though they'd have to eat at least one volley of arrows as payment.
As they worked, periodically, Nila would send one of her arcing shots up over the wall. She killed another two men like that before the Macalister men were forced to withdraw from the wall entirely.
"That will do," Oliver said eventually. He'd only used half of his shields and stakes. The rest remained in a pile, untouched, at the bottom of the hill.
