‘Who would have thought,’ the Count frowned, ‘that this would happen. Verden held by Emhyr, Brugge basically conquered, Sodden is again on fire… and we fall back, constantly fall back… I’m sorry, I meant: we perform a tactical maneuvre. Nilfgaard burns and loots all around, they are already on their way to banks of the Ina and they besiege the fortresses of Razwan and Mayena. And yet the army continues with these tactical maneuvers.’
‘When I saw your lilies at the Chotla,’ said Dandelion, ‘I was convinced it was an offensive.’
‘Just a counterattack.’ Daniel Etcheverry corrected him. ‘A surveying fight. We crossed and destroyed some Nilfgaardian patrols and Scoia’tael commandos that were spreading fires. What you see here is all that remains of the fortress of Ameria, when we conquered
