But that was an impractical idea. If it were as simple a thing as gathering allies, Keriya could have flown overseas with Valerion and familiarized herself with places to teleport diplomatic envoys—but the Allentrian Empire had broken ties with its former allies. There would be political negotiations to wade through and deals to strike before any country would be willing to send its men to die on foreign shores.
“Sure you don’t want to tag along with us?” said Cezon, jolting her from her thoughts.
“Why the sudden interest in me?” she asked. She’d never had the impression that Cezon had been particularly keen on her, either.
“If you can kill gods and water monsters, that’s a useful thing,” he said, unrepentantly callous. “Tell you what. Twenty silver derlei for you to come aboard. If you
