Empire's Invastion [2]

 'Why did it happen now?' a barrage of bullets plastered the castle walls. Daring fighters were knelt behind the battlements, taking time to peak and shoot. Attackers were on both sides, Count Sebath laid in bed, bleeding and panting from the revival. Servants ran and begged to be used as food, "-please, master, have our blood. My children are at home waiting. We can't let the castle fall!" pleaded an injured demi-human. An ear was chopped. "If not for the help you gave, we would have died as sacrifices to their gods. It doesn't matter, my lord. We owe our lives. Look at me, look at us," he pointed back, "-we're wounded beyond recovery. Some of us might not last the month."