Owen Bertram pointed at the others: "Each of you, cover a direction. I don't want any of them to escape!"
"Understood!"
Glenn Mitchell, Catherine, and Leroy Baker guarded three other directions, with Bart standing behind Owen, watching the battle from a distance. He saw the tall, skilled female warrior hold her spear upside down, taking big steps toward the main entrance of the courtyard. The spearhead ploughed a straight trench on the brick road, scattering sparks and making a chiming sound.
In the courtyard, Dawud suddenly cocked his ear, "What's that noise?"
The others who were taking inventory and moving goods also stopped. In the brief silence, a loud bang was heard. The two doors shattered, with wooden shards and metal parts flying around like broken shrapnel. A large proportion of the merchant team in the courtyard cried out in pain and fell.