Under heavy missile fire, the forces under Lord Bispo charged forward to assist the encircled men at the gate. With each meter they advanced more and more fool-hearty men were struck down by arrows and musket balls. From amidst their ranks men wielding bows started to returned fire at the enemy on the walls.
Then as arrows flew overhead the men crashed into the enemy at the gate. Side by side the men and women calling themselves the Jesuits fought against the Dark Ones forces. Their weapons were of poor quality making it hard for them to pierce the Dogs tough hides but with the sheer force of numbers and the strength of their belief in Jesus they advanced.
Midst the group Hedwig and Karoline having followed Jesus all the way from Castille fought as well. As Hedwig held the Dogs back with his shield Karoline stabbed her sword into the Dogs from behind Hedwig, as she also protected them both from arrows falling from up above. Each time the Dogs were stabbed they would whine and back away only to build up their momentum for for another charge. Like this, the cycle went on. Little by little the dogs accumulated more and more wounds and were slain.
" For Sighard! For humanity! Push forward and wipe these heretics off the face of this earth! Forward! " Howled in Lord Bispo in righteous fervor. Having witnessed the heroism of the Arabs and the actions of Jesus he could not hold back anymore. A fire was lit in his heart, a fire that drove him to abandon all doubt and fear. It was a fire of a true man.
All around him, his men fell like true warriors to enemy bullets and arrows. Pang, pang and a cling came the sound of his armor being struck and the missiles ricocheting off his armor. Bispo smiled to himself, his money purchasing this armor was truly well spent. Then his horse whined in pain as an arrow struck it into its neck. Nonetheless, his horse and partner of many years pressed forward. But then as more arrows rained down he lifted his shield to defend himself. But the arrows fell short of his shield and struck his horse once more.
Unnable to go on the horse let out a painful scream as it fell to the ground tossing Bispo to the ground with him. For a few seconds, the world spun in his eyes as he flew to the ash and blood-covered ground.
Opening his eyes he could see all around him men fell clutching their wounds, crying in fear and pain. More brave Iberian souls lost to these vile heretics. If only he had more money he could have bought better armor for the men and saved them from dying this day, Lord Bispo thought to himself.
Turning himself around on the ash and blood-covered ground to his stomach he then pushed himself up and joined the other brave men in their charge. In front of him, he saw a man being pierced by two black spikes. To his surprise, these spikes were coming from a black armored man whose arms had transformed entirely into these thick black spikes.
At the Mutated man's feet, he could see two other of his men slain there. This enemy had to be stopped before more lives were lost, He thought. Jumping over a wounded and crying soldier he saw the mutated man kick the soldier off his spiked arms and start to laugh crazily.
Enraged Lord Bispo leaped dashed forward and with a horizontal strike sent his blade into the enemy's exposed lower neck. The blade cut through the man's hood and cloth. Then it sliced into the man's neck like slicing into a tree. Blood flew and Lord Bispo's hand felt a sting of pain forcing him to let go of his blade.
In pain, Lord Bispo shield in his left hand grabbed a hold of his other hand as he looked up at the taller mutated man. There he could see blood spewing out from the mutated man's mouth as the man laughed crazily and said. " Hahahaha, Yes pain! Bring me more pain! Pain, pain pain pain! "
Though he could not see his face through the helmet the sight of him and the crazed laughing frightened him. Unconsciously Bispo took a step back as the crazed mutant attacked.
Bispo protected himself with his shield as the crazed mutant started to strike him with inhumane force. There was no skill or plan in the crazed man's attacks, he just kept on trusting his spiked hands toward Bispo. Each strike sent sparks flying and created dents in Bispo's shield.
Bispo screamed in pain as he felt like the bones in his hands were about to break and shatter. The Crazed man just yelled crazily. " Die, die die! "
In desperation, Bispo tried to glance around to see if anybody could help. But all around him, men were occupied with their own fights. The battlefield had turned into a complete mess. There were no organized battle lines just lots of individual fights taking place all around.
Then as he was pushed back his leg got caught on the now-dead soldier he had passed before. Unable to stop his momentum he fell on the ground. As the crazed man loomed over him readying himself for another attack a sudden hammer of hope came from the side and crushed the man's head. Blood flew from the man's helmet gaps as his body was sent flying off to the side.
Standing there now he saw his friend Jesus. His armor shone from the sunlight that pierced the clouds and his long brown hair waved in the wind. His face was covered in sweat and blood. His armor was coated in blood as well but nonetheless, he looked just like he had always imagined the god Sighard would have looked like if he were still on the mortal plain.
Then like a god reaching out his holy hand to pull his fallen man back up into the light. Jesus pulled Lord Bispo to his feet and slapped him onto the soldier saying. " You ok? "
Nodding his head profusely in confirmation, Jesus simply patted his soldier twice and then ran back into the battle towards the gate. In the sun he could see his hammer glow as it was sent against the heretics, turning all in its path to bloody piles of flesh. Jesus was like an unstoppable force of nature, none could stand before him.
Seeing this scene Bispo felt the immense need to join in on the killing. Eagerly he went to pick up his sword that was still implanted in the crazy man's now dead body. Pulling his sword out the man's neck he looked at the corpse one last time in disdain and spit on it saying. " Good riddance, heretic scum. " Then he took a deep breath of air, smelling the blood and death all around. Feeling the pain in his bruised hand. All these feelings made him feel alive, made him feel like a man.
Then with a crazed smile on his face, he turned towards the gate where Jesus was fighting and then without hesitation he rushed to join the battle once more.
So far Zohan had lost almost all his men in the fighting and many more men under Lord Bispo had fallen. But nonetheless, with Jesus pushing in the front they broke through the heretics and Demon Dogs defending the gate and charged into the ash field in between the town and walls.
Some men pushed up the walls fighting their way through the numerous but weak bow-wielding Dark Ones. But most of the men pushed forward with Zohan, Bispo and Jesus leading the charge in the front.
As the human army moved across the ash fields breaking through the thin line of resistance in front of them a sudden trap was sprung. From the town of Segres, a swarm of over 200 Demon Bats wielding small crossbows and knives in their bat-like arms came.
Noticing this Bispo yelled in concern. " Ohh, Jesus we have trouble! "
As Jesus moved forward he said. " I can see that. Do not worry we will break through them as we did with the others. "
In concern Bispo said. " But Jesus what of the men still fighting at the walls? If we do not stop now and go help them! Those bats will surely be overwhelmed by those creatures! "
In response, Jesus said. " Do not worry. They are doing their part and we are doing ours. All we need to do is reach that castle and put an end to whoever has spawned all these vile creatures. Then I believe we will win. "
Nodding his head Zohan said. " I see. Just cut off the head of the snake and the body will fall. I like this plan. Simple and straight to the point. "
Glancing back at the men on the walls, Bispo felt bad for them and wanted to go and assist them. But knowing that the best chance for him surviving through this was staying by Jesus' side he sighed and kept on running towards the next to Jesus.
Then as the swarm came over the human army. They started to unload their small crossbows. Though smaller than regular crossbow bolts the bolts came down nonetheless killing tens of people. Then as the bolts were fired the bats did as Bispo feared they flew past them and straight towards the men at the walls.
With their sharp teeth and claws, they dug into the human's flesh as others used short swords and knives to attack the humans. As the men and women fought off the bats the Dark Ones on the wall got encouraged. Like vicious cannibals, the Dark Ones fought with everything they had. Getting in close they wrapped their arms around the humans and used their sharp teeth to bite into their flesh.
As Jesus ran, he could hear screams of pain and fear behind him, as the men and women on the walls were massacred. Pained by their sacrifice Jesus In his heart swore to himself that their sacrifice would not be in vain.
Mostly unopposed the human army crossed the ash field and now entered the town. Running along the main Coble stone street they could see the Castle Straight ahead only about a kilometer away. Then as the now dwindled force of fewer than 800 men entered the main street of Segres, war drums started to be played all around the town.
Jesus slowed down as he sensed something. With a serious frown on his face, Jesus frantically looked around as Zohan asked. " Where are they? Can you see them? "
Then Jesus said. " They are everywhere. They have us surrounded. "
Then they heard sounds from behind as a soldier yelled from the back. " Jesus the enemy forces from the wall! They are coming! "
In concern, Bispo said. " What should we do Jesus? Once they reach us we will be surrounded from all sides! "
With a serious tone of voice, Jesus said. " Not from all sides. "
Lifting up his hammer Jesus yelled. " Forward men! We will take the castle before they reach us! With me men! "
Seeing no other way the men put their fate into Jesus and started to rush towards the castle. There they could see that the castle gates were still in poor condition not having been repaired after being broken the first time.
Running through the streets Jesus felt his danger senses constantly warning him of something. Why had they not yet been attacked? what was awaiting them at the castle? He wondered. As far as he could see nothing was guarding the path ahead.
As they ran they could see glimpses of the enemy on the side streets. there were hundreds or even thousands of them moving along with them. From behind the Dark Ones came while up above the bats were now flying around waiting for something.
Then as they were about to reach the clearing before the outer castle walls a deep horn sounded. Immediately from up above the bats swooped down as the streets flooded with Dark Ones. From the buildings, cultists emerged with muskets and started to shoot down at the men below.
Some men instantly fell from musket fire others clashed with the enemy in a fierce melee. Through a window, a Mutated man with sword hands jumped into the midst of the human army and with a spin attack sliced many surprised men apart instantly. Demon dogs bit men's legs as Dark Ones used their crude swords to cut the men down.
Standing at the clearing only 100 meters from the wall Jesus looked at the massacre taking place unsure of what to do. Being already quite exhausted from all the earlier fighting that had taken place he wasn't sure if he could make enough of a difference on the battlefield to win. There seemed to be an almost endless amount of the creatures coming from the town and his allies were quite weak to stop them.
Then as he turned to look at the castle that seemed unguarded Lord Bispo spoke. " Well, what are you waiting for? Go! Your son and wife are in there somewhere right? Go and save them and bring an end to this dark lord whoever he is. We will hold this vile beast at bay here! "
Putting his hand on Bispos solder Jesus said. " Thank you, my friend. Please stay safe and don't do anything reckless, ok? "
With a smile he said. " Ahh, come on now. You should know by now that I know how to stay out of trouble and take care of myself. I survived the siege of Cordoba after all. Now go, we don't have much time. "
Stepping in on the conversation Zohan spoke up. " Hey, you seriously can't hope to go in there alone and win. You will need somebody to have your back and besides I too want to face this dark lord. Zohan the vanquisher of darkness they will call me. "
With a sigh Jesus said. " Thank you, my friend. "
With that said Jesus, Zohan and his 3 remaining soldiers started heading towards the castle as Bispo ran to his men. As the group ran past the broken front gate, from the castle in a dark room, from a window red glimmering eyes watched the group enter the castle grounds.