Dealing With Obstacles

Richard was at the borders of the Solam lands even as Alice’s army just reached the Sacred Tree Empire. His quick march threw the Duke’s plans off completely, and the soldiers who were being gathered together had turned into easy targets to surround and kill. With the shadowspears needing barely three hours of rest a night and capable of going many days without sleep so long as they had food, he quickly conquered a small town on the edge of the dukedom and had the residents prepare food for his men.

He gathered all of his followers in the town hall, discussing the next steps of their plan. Pointing at the castle that was still a ways off, he circled their current location as well as the Saint Louis Cathedral before drawing a straight line between them, “The enemies still don’t know what it is we want...