Chapter 32: BetrayedThe gas fields burned. Fire and thick black smoke could now be seen for miles. Mantuan and a party of twenty guards were nearly to the site onboard their airship.
As they got closer, Mantuan knew it wasn't the mined sun gas that caused all the flames. The gas they filled their airships with was not flammable. As they hovered closer to where they kept the main fleet, Mantuan could see fire everywhere: the decks, the ropes, and the weapons. All the gear and backup supplies were lost. Nothing can survive these flames, thought Mantuan.
Lozarian briefed Mantuan while on route to the site. The reports said that all fifteen ships at the landing pads were gone. The fire had also destroyed many machines that mined and stored the gas. Looking down from his airship as the destru
