The city had come to a moment of perpetual silence, as every person whether it be a mother looking after her child, a shop owner opening their store for the day or a lady enjoying a refreshing cup of tea.
At that moment they all stopped what they were doing and turned to the keep, they witnessed groups of soldiers standing atop the walls that surrounded the keep, pulling on thick and heavy chains.
Hugh metallic siege engines of death emerged atop the walls, in all the siege engines counted 20 in total.
"Ballistae," Lirian muttered as he looked at the metallic contraptions, a ballista resembled a cross bow, only it was much larger and a lot more powerful.
While it wasn't extremely mobile due to its massive size, the power of it was not something to be underestimated, a single bolt fired from a ballista was enough to tear through entire ranks of infantry.
