Polthan and Shardiel walked tiredly but steadily in front of the large group of Cahenean soldiers that marched across the vast prairies of Loheforde. The sound of their boots was the only thing disturbing the haunting silence that had been accompanying them for days now.
The two hardened lieutenants had been equally absorbed in their own thoughts ever since they’d left their hometown behind, but their concerning matters couldn’t differ more from each other… Whereas Shardiel worried about the future and their following steps, Polthan wondered if the little ruse they’d used to exit Upland’s territories undetected would suffice to keep the enemies clueless and their home safe.
In compliance with Ussiariah´s strategy, almost every man in the Cahenean force had secretly departed from the Sand
