Little Sage

I slowly climbed down from the castle wall.

…

The inside of the castle was wrapped in an eerie silence.

The cheers and screams that had echoed just moments ago were gone.

The soldiers had all stopped what they were doing and stared blankly down at the sand pit beyond the wall.

The spot where nothing remained, as if a giant tidal wave had swept through.

It was so clean it was hard to believe an orc horde had ever been there.

The silence was broken by the sound of a soldier dropping the sword in his hand.

Clang-.

That tiny sound became the signal flare...