The Nix people were finally about to attack!… Elix's spirit was lifted as he shouted loudly, "Sound the horns, prepare for defense!"
The horn echoed throughout the fortress. The well-armored Brochi warriors ascended the wooden walls of the fort one after another, forming a tightly packed shield wall of light infantry along the walkways of the southeastern wooden wall. Behind the shield wall were many javelin throwers. (Though hunters were scarce among the Brochi Tribe, and few were skilled with javelins, in recent years, Bricks had ensured every tribe prepared large numbers of javelins and mobilized warriors to learn their usage in order to enhance mid- to long-range lethality during defense. However, the Brochi people lacked the technical capability to produce crossbows, the weapon that once terrified them.)
