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This was no small matter.
The soldiers shuddered. Almost simultaneously, two young soldiers took their bows and aimed to the sky.
Whoosh –
Arrows flew out like meteorites.
Within seconds, a sky lantern had been shot to the ground.
It had just landed on the ground, however, when the crooked candle began to burn through the paper. Not waiting for the soldiers to make their way down the fortress, it soon left only a few charred bamboo strips.
“Shoot them down, shoot them all down!” the general barked.
“Aye!” orderly answers sounded as a dozen soldiers raised their bows and fired into the sky.