"Help!"
"Run!"
Hearing the cries, Bai Che climbed the watchtower of Cyan Stone Castle. He looked out over the open ground before the fortress, where a dark, surging mass of people was flooding back like a bursting dam.
Cries and the thud of trampling feet merged into a chaotic din.
At the head of the crowd, Bai Shu was on horseback, flanked by several other riders who were trying to maintain order.
Behind them, a massive, writhing black shadow was crawling over the stone ground, sweeping in their direction.
"What the hell is that thing?" Bai Che's pupils contracted. He made a snap decision. "Open the gate! Let everyone in! Archers, prepare fire arrows!"
The iron-sheathed wooden gates were pulled open, and the people outside the castle scrambled inside.
From the walls, archers fired a volley of fire arrows.
In the light of the flaming arrows, Bai Che finally got a clear look. They were leeches, just like the ones from the fields, but magnified countless times over!
