The group of riders wasn't big, at least not when talking about numbers. There were only about twenty or so of them. But that wasn't 'only' when the ones defending against them numbered a mere seven, eight including Baldas.
Micah had a hard time seeing a way forward for himself and his subordinates as the riders and their mounts got so close to the city that it was finally possible to discern their features accurately.
"Hairy pigs?!"
Tineya was the first to point out what they saw.
The mounts of the leather-clad, red-skinned, bald demon riders were indeed large, hairy pigs. The smallest of them was twice as large as the common farm animals Micah had seen on Earth. And the three in the lead, especially the one belonging to who appeared to be the leader, were even larger.
"...I think those are Lion's Mane Hogs."
