Chapter 13 In the Frontier Zone, Sabahattin was preparing for war. Since the Oracle’s prophesy, night had been turned into day. The reddish glow of melting iron and fires from the forges of the metalsmiths illuminated even the darkest hours. Hundreds of people were hard at work producing the weapons they needed, and the dreary plain resounded with the sounds of hammers and bellows. Soldiers on patrol urged people to work faster, and there was no rest for anyone. Sabahattin paced up and down impatiently in his palace. He was waiting for Yasin to report that the army was assembled and awaiting inspection. The long-anticipated day had finally arrived for the most powerful sultan of all the empires: now he would be able to destroy Ruby City, to finish what he had begun all that time ago. The

