The invisibility dome that had been helping the Empire's army stealthily approach Ryugan's gate was gone. But that did not help the situation as anyone would have thought it would.
Instead, it only made matters worse.
There was no weapon in their arsenal, no machination or siege engine, that could breach the vast distance between them and the Empire's army.
The Empire's cover had been blown, and still there was nothing Ryugan could do to fight back.
They knew it. The Empire knew it too.
The Captain leaned on the parapet, looking at that impossible distance with pain in his eyes. His knuckles had gone pallid against the stone.
Meanwhile, far away, two men knelt and held a gigantic bow between them while a third carried a javelin taller than himself. He was already nocking it to the bowstring, pulling it back with his entire body.
