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Ranmor flips back to his foot, moves forwards past Kati and hits the troll in the center column who just managed to extract itself from the resulting pile of Ranmor's last 'troll bowling' action. The troll loses his balance once again and was shoved back to the position where it just got out from, bleeding badly and looking extremely sick.
The remaining trolls by the gate passage all looked extremely sick and unable to mount an effective fight. In the meantime they were slowly backing out from the passage, struggling from the black tentacles and acidic mire and coughing from the cloudkill effect as they went. (The cloudkill effect also begins to slowly move eastwards towards the outside).
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In the meantime, the dozen MGE longbows that came down from the gatehouse began taking positions behind the three, each of them nocking in two arrows and took aim towards the gateway. The commander of their group shouted out "Sire please get out of the tunnel! With support from your mages we should be able to take it from here!"
Behind the longbows, Kati, Ranmor, and Derovar notices two squads of war-wizards heading up towards their location. They were still a good 300ft away and look rather tired from their hustle up. Unlike the more organized warmage units, these war wizards were not professional troops, which was reflected upon by their loose formation and casual white robes.
The archers in on the walls above shouted down "sorry sire but we're being overwhelmed here as it is!". Kati notices the voice didn't come from the front (outer) side of the wall, but rather the rear. On the walls above, the MGE longbows opened fire at rapid speed against the ogres that have just came over, each shooting at least four arrows towards their chosen foe.
The infantry to the south were still hurrying up towards the gate, but their heavy armor in an encumbrance in such a task and were still a good five rounds away.
Buumstik notices several of the goblins down below passed the dense columns of ogres and trolls outside and broken off into a run towards the walls. They would reach it within another round. The one Jens could make out more clearly did not seem to carry any heavy equipment, they were armored in a chain shirt and carried neither weapons nor shields...
Outside the gates, those on the walls and above could see several new squads of ogres finish unloading new batches of rocks from magical holding bags.
Over the telecomm the voice continued to speak "...We come, a second time, not in hostility to be your foes, but merely seeking your audience for a civilized diplomatic conference. We seek, with the backing of the Kingdom of Naralan, for both your cooperation and recognition as sovereign of these lands..." (to be continued next round).
There was also an answer over the telecomm for Kati's question "no it's not broadcasting any magic. Matter of fact there isn't any magical signature on this thing at all!" he said in an astounded manner.
Another message came clear over the telecomm from a group Kati has not heard of for a while: "this is the infiltration squad, we have just made it past the southern flank of the enemy's second infantry wave. A number of mages are weaving in and out of the units and buffing them up with fire resistance as we speak."
EDIT (Continued, things I forgot):
On the walls, the ogres who just scaled the walls endured through the MGE longbow barrage. Many of the arrows merely grazed their thick hide, and those that penetrated only hurt the ogres slightly. The ogres then fully retracted their chains, slinging it around and started their attack against the MGE troops. The longbowmen tries their best to dodge the attacks but many took brutal hits from the enemy.
Two of the ogres that climbed the gatehouse settled their glance on Talence immediately, glaring at the priest and his chanting sword. The two then charged towards him from both sides with their huge blunt chains. One of the weighted chains, made of black metal, smashed straight into Talence's shield and shattered it. The other ogre from the south (who moved past Himlor - AoO from squall) sling his chains, which made contact brutally against Talence's back and caused him to slump over in deep pain but managing to hold on (critical hit for 82 dmg).
(Everyone: go, AoO from squall)
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