The sound of swords being drawn from their scabbards was quickly drowned out by shouts as the girls the General had tasked to shoot, loosed their first arrows.
Arrie's struck a man in the shoulder, injuring him, and drawing a deep grunt of pain, but the man remained upright, his hand pressed to the wound.
Opal's arrow took a man through the neck. He fell to his knees, his breath rattling hideously as he tried uselessly, to stem the flow of blood.
She stood frozen as she watched the man, transfixed by the gruesome sight.
The girls wore their black masks with just their eyes visible, but at 5'0" and 5'5" it was more than obvious that these two archers were women.
Loveday also shot an arrow, but her targeted soldier managed to knock it off course with his sword before it struck him.