"Minto, it's Minto!" Okorak and the others who were all spread several metres from each other began to congregate while Astrá erected a shield of crimson flames around all of them and joined into the greeting.
"Lad, you actually returned!" Okorak brought down his hand with the force of a horse's kick on Minto's shoulder. "And in perfect health too!"
"What is going on here?" Astrá asked, lowering he hands while the shield stayed standing.
"Minto!" Miriá came running passed everyone else, reaching out to hug him, but he grabbed he by her shoulders smiling. "What happened?"
"We have plenty of time for that later, first tell me what the blazes is happening here." Minto looked at her with a somewhat distant expression.
"The Arkán army came down upon us a few hours ago with startling nu
