The Rebels had invaded Gleyon city in pursuit to kill the Sinnet noble family. The rebels had killed about every citizen and torched and looted their house.

The Sinnet nobles took shelter in the Gleyon city’s fort along with its 120 soldiers under their command.

Now the 120 guard soldiers in the fort were engaged with the 500 000 strong rebels that laid a siege around the fort.

“Sir, they brought another siege ladder. The northern wall needs a little hand over here.” informed one of the soldiers.

The rebels brought siege ladders that were tall ladders that easily scaled about 20 meters. The ladder had a sharp claw-like end which easily attaches itself to the walls.

“Alright, Maron! Take your men and secure the northern side,” ordered Brian, the captain of the soldiers.

Maron lead three of his men and engaged the rebels.

The captain then went at the center point to relay commands at all the four sides of the walls.

It was quite a chaos of the place, as stray arrows from the enemy come every few seconds. There was blood and injured soldiers everywhere.

Then a soldier approached the captain.

“Give me a status report.” commanded the captain.

“Sir, we are low on ammunition. At this speed, our arrow ammo will run out in another 30 minutes at best. Even if we try to conserve and scavenge enemy arrows, it still won’t give us a lot of time.” said the soldier.

The captain glanced at the soldier and kept his hand on his shoulder,

“That would be more than enough. If it comes to worse, try to dislodge the interior fort walls and use it throw over our enemy.” advised the captain.

“But sir, what about the ladders? It’s made of iron bars and cannot be cut easily. Also whenever we try to approach near the ladders, the enemy fires a volley of arrows. We already lost four of our best soldiers who tried that.”

The captain’s had a tense look, but he relaxed his facial expression,

“Alright, bring out the boiling oil. Pour it on top of approaching rebels coming through the ladders. That would at least slow down them. Although use them very conservatively.” advised the captain as he patted him in the back, “Don’t stop losing hope. We must buy enough time until the reinforcements arrive. Stay sharp.”

“Roger sir!”

Brian Dusky, the captain of the soldiers that swore their fealty to the Sinnet noble house. Despite being outnumbered and cornered at the fort, the soldiers managed to defend the fort until now. The soldiers were quite brave and their morale was quite high, thanks to their captain.

Although, Brain himself was quite tense as he knew how grim their situation was.

‘If this keeps up, I don’t think we could last till the reinforcements arrive. But I must do everything and hope that we could make out of this alive.’ he thought to himself.

Brian was scared as the rest of his soldier but he still kept a brave face. If the captain himself succumbs to fear then the men under his command were doomed anyway. Brian was a great leader and the bond between his soldiers was quite strong. Hence, the captain acted scared then it would even be a severe blow to their morale.

But soon the captain’s worst fears came true.

At the southern wall, the soldiers poured boiling oil that kept the rebels from not reaching the top of the walls. But suddenly they spotted a huge man with a battle axe on his back climbing like any other rebel.

“What the hell! Didn’t we just pour oil a minute ago?” asked the puzzled soldier.

“Nevermind. The rocks should do the tricks.” answered his fellow comrade.

The southern soldiers started throwing boulders on this giant rebel. The boulders were about the size of a fully grown pig. The big boulder landed on the giant Rebels back and crumbled on impact. Although, the giant didn’t even budge as he continued to climb without any trouble.

They threw more rocks about the same size, they hit his shoulders, arms even his head but the giant continued to climb the ladder.

“What the hell! Is he even human?! He didn’t even flinch!” shrieked out one of the soldiers.

“He ain’t human! He’s a monster. Bring a batch of hot oil at once!” ordered the soldier, “Let’s see how long he could keep at it.”

Two soldiers brought a fresh piping hot oil filled in a cauldron. They were wearing thick leather gloves to avoid burning their own hand.

They gently placed it on top where the ladder was located.

“Pour everything down!” ordered the soldier.

They tilted the cauldron and hot boiling oil came gushing down at the rebel giant. The piping hot oil could easily melt human skin that even the bones won’t even survive. Despite the brute strength that giant rebel possessed but he was no match for a boiling pot of hot oil.

“Aaaarghhh!” a big roar of a scream shrieked out the giant as soon as he came to contact with the oil.

The sound was so loud that the soldiers watching fell on their feet.

“What the hell was that!” said the soldiers who were puzzled by the scream.

“What will it take to knock that guy down.” said the astonished soldier.

The rebel giant didn’t falter and continued to climb.

“Ah, shit! Bring one more pot of oil!” cried out the shocked soldier.

They brought another pot of oil and poured it again.

This time the giant cowered at the ladders and hide his head under his arms.

The boiling oil fell over his body and he once again screamed.

“AAaaargh!” wailed the giant in agony.

Although, he continued to climb the ladder.

The soldiers were terrified with the howling of the giant rebel who was approaching the walls slowly.

“Captain! We need assistance!” cried out one of the soldiers.

Brian rushed to the spot to his men’s aid. The soldiers notified about the giant approaching rebel.

“Leave it to me. I’ll handle this giant.” said the Captain.

Brian unsheathed his sword and stood at the ledge of the wall.

He held a shield in his one hand and sword in the other.

As soon as the enemy spotted the captain, they released a volley of arrows at him. But captain tucked himself behind his shield and evaded getting any fatal blow.

The captain then glanced at the approaching rebel giant who was just a few meters away from the wall’s reach. The giant was keeping his head low and slowly steadily climbing the ladder.

“You are a tough guy, you’ve my respects. Surviving the boiling oil twice is a great feat.” complimented the captain.

Although, the giant didn’t respond and continued to climb the ladder while still shielding his head with his arms.

The captain raised his arm and his sword started glowing,

“Alright, this is the end.”

The sword soon caught fire and burned brightly.

Brian was relic wielder and his sword high-class relic.

But just when a lance came flying at the captain and it even managed to pierce through his shield and impaled his right shoulder.