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Daylight brought with it an unwelcome sight. The opposite river bank was crawling with goblins, hobgoblins and spriggans. Adam and Emily joined Sapiens and the others on the outer wall. The enemy’s ranks were so full that they seemed to have no end. Adam groaned, “We can’t possibly beat so many.”
“Why not?” Balom boomed defiantly.
“Look!” Sapiens pointed across the river. “Can you see that hobgoblin with the hounds?”
They all followed the line of Sapiens’s finger to an iron-clad figure hauling five ferocious hounds back on their leashes. “That's Fray,” the wizard said, “Captain of the enemy forces. He’s cold-blooded and merciless. Over there,” she said, moving her finger, “is a pavilion. Do you see it? Purple and black stripes? Inside will be Pride, the Archgoblin and other goblin c
