Which risk escalates drastically for miners creating tunnels beneath city walls during a siege?

💡 Explanation

Counter-mining presents a critical threat because undermining causes structural Collapse, potentially trapping their own forces rather than successfully breaching defenses; therefore, defenders collapsing the invading tunnel is the correct answer, rather than simple accidental collapse alone.

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