"Why does it feel like whoever is leading these monsters planned this specifically around our portal reach?" Lina said suddenly, her voice cutting through the murmurs of the faction leaders. "They are targeting the gaps in our armour."
Lara nodded grimly. "I thought the same. It's too precise to be a coincidence. We are being played by an intelligence that understands our geography as well as we do."
"Then we must send our forces immediately!" one of the faction leaders shouted, slamming a fist on the table. "We can't just stand by and watch the continent burn while our enemies grow stronger!"
"That is a noble sentiment, but impossible," a new voice joined in. Ellina had been invited to the meeting as the head of the entire forging operation. Her face was smudged with soot, and her eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion.
