The Anvil (37 page)

He
hit
a
cavalryman
out
of
his
saddle
,
using
him
to
break
his
fall
.
He
sent
a
large
gust
of
air
at
the
enemy
,
making
them
lose
their
balance
,
then
ran
into
attack
.

He
and
his
warriors
fought
to
get
to
the
archers
and
siege
weapons
.
He
hacked
and
chopped
until
finally
he
got
to
the
first
embankment
of
archers
.
He
jumped
over
the
small
wall
and
landed
on
one
of
the
archers
.
His
warriors
came
soon
after
him
.

After
making
sure
his
warriors
were
doing
fine
he
flew
high
above
the
battle
,
above
the
range
of
the
archers
,
and
dove
down
to
the
siege
weapons
.
His
warriors
had
killed
most
the
archers
and
were
now
keeping
the
enemy
warriors
back
.

He
landed
behind
some
rocks
so
no
one
noticed
him
and
devised
a
plan
.
Suddenly
he
saw
a
hidden
archer
rise
up
in
the
forest
,
aim
and
shoot
.
For
a
moment
Tom
thought
the
archer
had
seen
and
shot
at
him
until
he
heard
the
thud
of
a
body
hitting
the
ground
.
He
squinted
to
see
who
it
was
and
didn
'
t
recognize
them
.

He
jumped
over
the
rocks
and
into
a
group
of
engineers
operating
a
catapult
.
He
hacked
the
engineer
closest
to
him
and
then
cut
one
of
the
main
ropes
on
the
machine
.
The
archer
in
the
forest
shot
more
arrows
then
put
down
their
bow
.
They
grabbed
out
two
swords
as
Tom
watched
,
then
Tom
was
brought
back
to
the
battle
by
a
engineer
unsheathing
his
knife
.

Tom
quickly
finished
the
men
at
that
catapult
and
went
to
the
next
machine
,
a
scorpion
,
a
large
crossbow
.
He
cut
the
rope
and
repeated
the
process
.
He
went
to
the
next
catapult
as
the
Mysterious
Archer
got
to
it
.
They
fought
as
a
team
and
quickly
destroyed
the
remaining
siege
weapons
.
By
this
time
a
group
of
enemy
warriors
had
noticed
and
where
nearly
to
them
.
Tom
raised
his
hand
and
a
large
boulder
smashed
into
the
men
.
Then
Tom
and
the
Mysterious
Archer
ran
towards
the
enemies
.

They
quickly
met
Tom
'
s
army
and
drove
the
rest
of
the
bandits
away
.
The
archers
came
out
of
the
fort
and
walked
over
to
Tom
and
the
army
.
As
Bryn
got
to
Tom
they
suddenly
felt
a
great
heat
and
looked
at
the
fort
.
The
fort
had
burst
into
flames
that
seemed
to
be
burning
everything
.
The
walls
,
already
weakened
from
the
battle
,
crumbled
as
Tom
magically
made
rainfall
over
the
fort
.
As
the
last
of
the
fire
finally
went
out
,
Tom
looked
at
the
wreckage
that
had
once
been
his
fort
.
The
walls
were
either
crumbled
or
severely
weakened
.
Most
the
building
were
gone
with
only
some
walls
still
standing
.
Tom
thought
for
a
moment
.

He
could
create
a
new
fort
,
but
that
would
take
a
while
or
he
could
find
natural
shelter
.
He
remembered
the
cave
the
vampires
had
used
as
a
base
.
He
went
over
to
Bryn
and
they
decided
to
use
it
as
a
base
until
the
end
of
the
week
.
Tom
looked
around
trying
to
find
the
mysterious
man
that
had
helped
him
fight
,
but
he
was
gone
.
Tom
ordered
his
army
to
follow
him
,
picked
up
Bryn
and
flew
to
the
cave
.
Alex
had
left
some
vampires
alive
to
guard
the
cave
,
that
were
quickly
killed
.

Tom
covered
the
entrance
mostly
,
leaving
an
opening
big
enough
to
walk
through
.
Tom
and
Bryn
went
out
to
the
forest
to
find
food
,
and
left
some
guards
in
charge
.
Soon
they
found
a
large
deer
,
and
Bryn
shot
it
.

They
went
back
to
the
new
base
and
got
back
as
the
sun
set
.
Tom
handed
the
deer
'
s
body
to
a
tree
-
man
and
found
a
place
to
sleep
.
What
seemed
like
minutes
later
a
tree
-
guard
shook
Tom
awake
.
It
pointed
at
the
entrance
and
Tom
looked
over
.
A
large
blue
dragon
was
trying
to
get
into
the
cave
,
tearing
the
wall
and
burning
the
guards
who
tried
to
attack
it
.