The next day, you begin the journey to the fortress, escorted by a few rebels, and Bolard himself.  It takes several days to get there, and you get to pass by Arrorn on the way, so that's fun.  (Though, you don't get to actually enter the village.  Too much risk of being recognized or something).  


Finally, you spot it, sitting on a hilltop just on the horizon.


"Alright," Bolard says, "There's a little side door you're going to be let in through.  It leads straight to the great hall.  Once you get inside, kill as many people as you can, alright?  Especially the ones that look super regal, because those are probably royalty."


"Anything else?"  you ask, dryly.  


"Actually, yes.  The king wears this magic armor all the time.  He doesn't get hurt by physical attacks."


"Why didn't you tell me this sooner?"  you protest,  "What do you want me to do about him if I can't hurt him?"


"I'm getting to that!"  Bolard sounds annoyed,  "I do have something that'll kill him."


He reaches into his bag and pulls out a glass bottle full of... water.


"What's this for?"  You ask.


"What do you think?  It'll get through the cracks in his armor, and kill him!"


"It's water."


"Exactly!  Water kills people!"


"I don't follow."


"Didn't anyone ever tell you that water disintegrates people?  The skin soaks up too much and it just falls apart."


"That's not how it works for Humans," you say,  "We can touch water, no problem."


"Really?  Well, that sure makes things easier.  This way you can cross the moat, no problem!  I was wondering how we'd do that."


"Yeah... Okay."  You roll your eyes.  "Just give me the bottle.  I'll smash it over his head or something."


As you get closer to the fortress, you start to make out more detail.  It looks like it mainly consists of a bunch of towers, surrounded by a wooden wall.  By the time the sun sets, you're within a hundred yards of the walls. 


"Perfect!"  Bolard says,  "Look, all the nobles are already inside."  He points to the closed drawbridge, as if to prove it.  "The doorway is just around the back of the fortress.  Good luck, monster."


"Thanks," you say, rolling your eyes.  You grab your knife and hop into the moat, making it across in less than a minute. You rush around the side of the wall and find a door, carved into the side.  Just as you reach it, it flies open, and a female Oalkwardner beckons you inside.  


As soon as you enter the fortress, the nauseating smell of Oalkwardner food hits your nose.  You ignore it best you can and take a look around.  You're in an alcove at the edge of the great hall, which consists mainly of a bunch of wooden tables lined up together.  Over fifty Oalkwardners sit around it, laughing, eating, getting drunk...


This is perfect!  If they're tipsy, you can strike much more easily.  Quickly, you locate the king, (his armor sets him apart from the rest quite nicely), and sneak up behind him.  Then, in one quick motion, you bash the bottle over his head, shattering it into a million pieces.  The water splashes everywhere, (it definitely wasn't a small bottle), and the entire room goes silent.  Then, the king begins to scream, and the room erupts into chaos.  


Quick as you can, you start punching, kicking, stabbing right and left.  Oalkwardners go flying everywhere, most dying the instant you touch them.  You manage to take out about half of the nobles before they get wise and start running for the door.  At the same time, some of the guards seem to be getting ready for a counter attack.  You'd better figure out what to do next, and fast...

You go after the rest of the so-called nobles

You can't leave any behind to take the king's place, or else the entire mission is a failure.  You rush out after them, easily catching up to them with your longer legs.  Guess they're not the types to exercise... or do whatever it is these creatures have to do to get stronger.  You plow through them like they're snowmen.  But the guards begin to come after you, and they clearly do exercise.  They begin to surround you as you chase the last noble across the courtyard.  (Most of them never made it past the great hall door).  


Just as the guards close in, you leap atop the last noble, crushing him under your weight!  He dies instantly.  Unfortunately for you, the guards reach you at that exact moment, stabbing you in about fifteen different places at once.  You also die instantly.


 

But hey.  At least you saved the kingdom.  Sort of...