Revi Bloom opened his eyes, "The Kurathians are retreating."
"And the knights?" asked Gerald.
"Are pursuing, but they"re much slower. It looks like they"ve inflicted heavy casualties on our mercenaries," offered the mage.
The command group were riding at the head of a long column of men that stretched to the south.
"Redridge cost us too much time," growled Gerald.
"You couldn"t help it," offered Anna. "We had no idea they would unleash the Blights."
"I should have sent men north sooner. They could have been riding while we attacked Redridge."
"Don"t start second-guessing yourself, General," offered Revi. "We cannot change the past."
"Yes, but now our allies are depending on us, and all we can do is trickle troops in piecemeal."
"There is still time," said Anna. "You can take the W
