The wall shook violently. The heavy impact sent loose bolts sliding across the iron walkway and made the energy cannons wobble on their mounts.
BOOM.
The first wave had hit.
Thousands of Ridgeback Wolves slammed into the base of the eastern wall like a living battering ram. Their bodies piled up against the black iron, claws scratching and teeth snapping as they searched for any weak spot. Behind them, the Crawlers climbed over the wolf corpses, using them as ladders to scale the barrier.
"Shields up! Hold the line!" Emric shouted over the noise.
He was standing at the gate, his heavy shield planted in the mud. When the first few crawlers scrambled over the top and dropped down, Emric braced and caught them on his shield like a human wall.
CLANG.
The impact drove his boots two inches into the mud, but he didn't budge. The Crawler bounced off and tumbled into the kill zone, where the veteran soldiers finished it with precise energy blasts.
