Arrows rained down around Virve as she charged, but at a range of one hundred paces, she had little to fear from the human defenders firing down at her from atop the wall.
Unlike Ollie, Virve had faced the attacks of archers before. Where Ollie stopped to raise a defensive barrier, Virve kept moving, dodging to the left and right or stopping suddenly to break the rhythm of her dash as she advanced on the stairs that led to the top of the wall.
Compared to the uncanny aim of the Glass Eyed Clan or the sudden ambush attacks of the Heartwood Clan's archers, the human defenders were merely adequate, rather than exceptional, and only an exceptional archer could have hit the evasive Oak Witch as she charged.
Her efforts to evade the archers didn't come without cost. In the time it took for her to cross fifty paces, five soldiers carrying shields and heavy, flagged maces had descended from the walls, spreading out to form a human barrier between Virve and the stairs.
