I pushed the rock away and stepped foot inside the citadel. The tunnel led me inside an empty kitchen since the chefs and other staff had to leave from the troubles. The crowned head hired none of them as assassins or trained NPC to kill anyone. I knew them from my previous adventuring days, so it made sense that the royalties evacuated them first before the King himself.
I peeked through the bustling hall and noticed soldiers cladded in steel and armour plates roaming around the castle doors. All of them marched through an open chamber, bringing with them gigantic boulders and shafts comparable to my size. They prepared the ballistas and other armouries outside and fired them next to the towering gate.
The blast from the bolts and stones shook the ground. It even created a massive crater in front of the terrain, killing the players and surrounding civilians instantly. Fortunately, these adventurers did not die from the crash, since they were players inside the game.
