The walls are unscalable.

And there is that chasm--she--spanned for us.

How can we cross THAT?
The tunnel to the ruins was sealed.

There remains of possible roads the way through the forest to what was the City of Cherkis.

Frankly I am loathe to take it.
"I am not at all sure that all the armored men were slain--that some few may not have escaped and be lurking there.