"The orcs have the ho advantage, are physically superior, and have a magician on their side. We can’t set a trap without being noticed nor can we handle eight adults at once. Also, the children’s position is highly suspicious.
"I don’t think they are close to the tent to keep them safe, but rather to use them as sacrifices. A single one could throw our formation into disarray and doom us all. Not to ntion we cannot even bombard the shaman’s tent without the crystal exploding."
"I agree with your analysis, Corporal." Tepper nodded. "Their behavior is highly unusual, even for the presence of a shaman. The orcs were supposed to send another wave of warriors and attempt to escape after their second failed attack.
"Orcs being cautious is almost unprecedented. They regard humans as food, not enemies. Yet they are acting as if they are afraid of us. We need reinforcents. Lith, you can use dinsional magic, right?"
Lith nodded while watching his companions’ expression turn to a mix of surprise, envy, and hate. Tepper noticed it too.
"He is not a noble. Lith cos from a family of farrs. He beca a magician thanks only to his own hard work. Show so respect." The Sergeant’s words left everyone dumbstruck.
To them eting a magician of commoner origins was like finding a unicorn under a rainbow with a pot of gold in its mouth.
"Bring us back to the camp." Tepper ordered.
Lith attempted to open a Warp Steps, but the dinsional door quickly beca unstable, shattering before it was fully ford.
"This is bad." Lith clicked his tongue. "Sothing like this has only happened to
once in the past. It ans the orc shaman is preparing sothing big and powerful enough to upset the normal elental balance."
’Solus, why didn’t you warn
of the array?’ Lith was surprised, it wasn’t like her to make such a rookie mistake.
’There is no array.’ She explained. ’Nor any significant disturbance in the world energy. Quite the contrary, the air is really quiet and the mana thin.’
’How thin?’ Lith asked.
’Not much, but now that you ntion it, there is sothing wrong.’ Solus needed to focus her mana sense to the extre to separate the world energy into the six elents that composed it.
’By my maker! This is exactly the opposite of what that wyvern did. There is no abundance of an elent this ti. The earth magic in the air is less than half of what it should be. I can see it being siphoned towards the orc encampnt!’
"Do you an you can’t Warp us back?" Tepper inwardly cursed. Even if he called for reinforcents, it would take them too long to find the unit’s actual position.
"I think I can, but it will take ti and effort. I need you to watch my back." Lith said to his comrades, but he ant those words for Solus alone. She was still tired from the overuse of her mana sense, yet Solus reassured him and kept watch.
***
Ragh’Ash laughed.
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