Chapter III The relay race -4-The escape from Campo Libero had made the group, led by General Fortdar, very tired. Certain that they would not be followed, they were forced to stop for the night. They had passed the great road to Hombros; in the distance to the north, the lights of Othis were visible; to the south, the Hom river wound through the hills outlining the route to the capital. They did not notice the great army of two thousand paladins riding towards the garrison, a small rise had obstructed their view.
They were exhausted and once they had secured the perimeter, they went to bed. It was a hilly area with many cultivated fields. They camped in the shelter of a small copes of trees. Vlad sat down, leaning against the trunk of one of the large trees and with a piece of wood and s
