He looked down at the map of the city. So far, the demons had kept to the south, with groups of demonlings spreading westward, but they hadn’t attempted to surround Kaighal, pressuring it from all sides like they did back in Devanshari. If needed, people could still flee through the northern gate and to Tivarashan…
A sudden realization struck him.
“Call back as many forces from the northern walls as you can,” he said. “Leave enough to defend and keep eyes on the devices, but you should be able bring about half of the defenders here.”
Both the man and woman looked at him in disbelief, and even his own comrades, though more restrained in expressing their thoughts, were glancing at him doubtfully.
“We can’t leave part of the walls vulnerable,” argued the thin man.
“They might be waiting
