He couldn't help closing his eyes, and that shimmering river of time surfaced before him one scene after another:
The Long River Campaign.
Blood-soaked Golden Tings.
The eastward advance of the Flame Temple.
The offensive into the Alfalfa Field.
Then came the beginning of the long and brutal November War, and never had the Holy War been so drenched in blood as on those days. Brand suddenly realized: what was it that made this war so merciless. Those veterans who had endured over a decade of war were rapidly ground down in less than a year afterward…
All revolving around…
A series of tug-of-war battles along the extended belt of the Alkash Mountains.
The records in history say…
The Four Great Sanctuaries entered this region at the same time, followed by a protracted, sky-darkening meat grinder—a slaughter that lasted an entire year. It nearly drained the blood of every small duchy and kingdom vassal to the Four Great Sanctuaries, such as Erune.
