XLVII
“It’s hard to tell, but it appears we took out at least a third of the army,” Dark said.
He loved the opportunity to gloat in front of Fenroot. But he really wanted to see the army and if the offensive worked. It gave him immense satisfaction to see dragons and elves laying dead in the sand.
“It’s too hard to tell,” Norwyn said. “But it appears to have worked, my lord.”
“Worked?” Dark asked, irritated. “We still have two-thirds of that massive army to worry about! They still outnumber us. I would hardly call it a success, Norwyn.”
“It’s a good first step,” Norwyn said. “It’s less soldiers we have to worry about.”
“How long will the wall hold?” Dark asked.
“Several days, if we are lucky,” Norwyn said. “Fenroot will start attacking it as soon as his troops regroup. We can count
