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Transported to the top of the tower by a portable device that allows quick access to the higher levels, you stand by the window gazing out towards the frozen lake that shimmers in the sunlight.
Heart strengthened with resolve, you place your hands upon the desk, and whisper, "Let us begin."
The air crackles with magical energy as Coredan begins the incantation once more, however this time it feels different, more ominous if that were possible. Red flashes of lightning blur the air in front of you, blinding you momentarily, the entire tower shaking hard as though it was gripped in the hands of a titan using it as a hammer. The world shaking all around you, thunder crashing, and with a massive explosion of light, you find yourself hurled out of the tower to smash head first into the ground which rushed up towards you.(-120 Health points.)The snow that covered the surface the only reason you were still alive.
Back, neck, and ribs aching you pain, you look up to see the tower keeled over on it's side with large gaping rents in it's structure. The tower half submerged into the mountain. Red thunder clouds darken the land overhead, beating at the tower with bolts of energy, lightning crashing down all around you. And just as you think things couldn't get words, thousands upon thousands of goblins pour out from the caves that riddles the slopes of the mountain, shrieking their warcries to attack the few survivors who stumble free of the tower.
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2. Do you rally the survivors and defend the tower?
Scrambling down the slope, you quickly hack a path through the growing tide of goblins where you join a thin line of guards and demon blades who were doing their best to hold their position.
Barking orders at the mages to rain hell upon the enemy from behind, you begin re-organizing the defenders, clearing the area around the tower to allow more warriors to join the fight, and directing the mages to target the cave openings, stopping up the stream of goblins rushing out to attack them.
While numbers and ground position were not on your side, your armies skill in battle began to tell, the mounds of dead goblins restored to life turning the tide of the battle and shattering the enemies lines.
Battlefield Results
-180 Health Points, - 130 Mana
- 1,453 Slave Guards (1,000 Casualties caused by the Tower's landing.)
- 424 Demon Blades (300 Casualties caused by the Tower's landing )
- 212 Goblin Skirmishers (200 Casualties caused by the Tower's landing )
- 130 Fire Warriors (100 Casualties caused by the Tower's landing )
- 248 Dark Mages (200 Casualties caused by the Tower's landing )
Loot
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