Chapter Eight
Arria stood with a hand on the hilt of her flamberge as it rested in her scabbard. Wind blew her long white hair behind her as she studied the defenses of Guerettos. The previous few villages proved easy enough to defeat. She had placed a few of the Ikchani in charge, but she noticed the defenses of Guerettos were stronger than the others’. The village itself wasn’t built for defense against a full army in mind. Instead, it was built to protect itself from small raids. The gates were made from wood rather than stone, but they were thick enough to not be easily put aflame.
It looked like they were used to attacks, though that could be expected being in the north and closer to the draeyk settlements than the southern cities. And it explained why the draeyks had remained so st
