"Sending a preserved head, of course, is not a game term, but actually a head pickled in lime."
"The implicit message was self-evident:"
"If you do not surrender, once we conquer Olin City, we will slaughter the city."
"These heads are your fate."
"Although the Olin City officials had imposed media control, various rumors still spread, casting a somber and indignant mood over all the citizens."
"After all, Thessalonica was not far from Olin City, and many citizens had relatives and friends there who were now permanently separated from them under the occupation of the Crusaders."
"A worse piece of news accompanied these heads."
"Bernifax, King of Thessalonica, led the remaining ten thousand troops to a site near Olympia Town, where he joined the vanguard at the edge of the ruins."
"Hence, the number of Crusaders involved in the siege increased massively, and military acts like today's infiltration and sabotage behind enemy lines became too risky to continue."
