The defenders hadn't yet recovered from their shock when the second cannonball quickly followed, accurately striking the city wall.
The solid fortifications turned into crumbling ruins under this blow, with heavy stones crashing down like shattered porcelain, bringing despair and death.
Screams and the noise of fleeing melded into chaotic laments, as terrified soldiers stumbled, seeking cover, yet the relentless cannon fire granted them no reprieve.
The Magic Crystal Cannon was unlike mortal artillery, for each strike was accompanied by the curse of the Abyss.
Soldiers caught in the artillery blast, even if lucky enough to survive, turned into charcoal amidst screams, with their bones shattering in the flames, and flesh burning away.
More terrifying was that some souls were torn apart by magic power before death could claim them, screaming as they turned into ghostly figures, wandering the ruins, struggling to seek warmth from living flesh.
