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If he could collapse the mine entrance, or somehow block it, he might be able to take them all out at once, Xylander mused. But without a siege weapon like a trebuchet, which would take far more than a day to build, there was no way he'd be able to accomplish such a feat without a small army.
He could possibly fell one of the bigger oak trees, which, if it fell just right, would block the entrance, though he doubted it would be heavy enough to collapse it. If he were to venture inside the mine to inspect it, while the men were asleep, perhaps, he might find a way to sabotage one of the tunnels, or the entrance itself, but he would have to be close to spring the trap. Close enough to possibly get caught in the cave-in, and what would happen to Zurine then?
He had a crossbow i
