Envoy

When Richard returned to the city, Senma noticed that he didn’t look alright. She assumed it was a resurgence in his mourning for the Dragon Mage, and feeling similarly herself she couldn’t think of a way to comfort him. Fortunately, he didn’t stop for long, taking her and most of the rune knights along as he left the plane.

The moment he was back on Norland, Richard contacted Noelene, barely waiting for her image to stabilise in the communication circle before speaking, “I need equipment. Our workshops won’t be selling a single thing from today, all production will be for my army.”

“What?” the grand priestess frowned, “That’s too sudden. We have a lot of orders we haven’t fulfilled yet, our reputation will tank. Did something happen?”

Anxiety was written all over Richard’s...