"Alright, take them out."
"What the-" 
"Good. Any loot?"
"Nothing except their weapons and armor, chief."
"Alright, move out. The visitor is ransacking a wizard's room, if I heard his signals correctly. He'll be with us in a second. Where's the tinderbox?"
"Right here, sir."
"Alright, torch the gates."
"RAISE THE ALAR-" 
"Move! Quickly! Loot all you can and burn the rest!"
"Archers, sir!"
"Get behind cover - oh, good. Hello, visitor. You took your time."
"Cut it. I got some loot. Bound to be more."
"What's that bottle?"
"I honestly don't know. I'll get it to Zalam after we trash this joint."
"My man. Alright! Scale the battlements and move!"
"Torch [i]everything[/i] you can't carry!"
"Take them out!"

Eri smiled to himself. The plan was going better than expected. The guard was completely taken by surprise - half of the ones posted to the main gate fell before they even knew what was happening. Of course, no one expected intruders to come by the [i]main[/i] gate. Suddenly, he felt the ripple of the arcane pulse through him. He could feel it, as he had practiced with mundane yet deadly magic cantrips in the past. Something was up. As he oversaw his lovely men looting the royal castle to high heaven, he turned his thoughts to how to take out the wizard.