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The battle started well – the combat-ready men and women of the caravan were too scattered around the other inhabitants of the settlement and therefore could not react in time to the unexpected attack from the forest. The soldiers, as the Cardinal had expected, carried out his orders with much more zeal, seeing that there were not so many non-demons among the enemies, but at some point everything went wrong, and the Golden-Faced One lost four soldiers.
“Your Eminence!” Bogdan jumped up with relief on his face, which was not yet stained with the blood of others. “There is good news! Among the caravan’s belongings, a large number of medicines were found! What orders do you give?”
“What to do?” The Cardinal, who was usually calm, became unusually angry. “We have severely wounded people lying before our eyes, and you ask me such questions?”
“I understand! And what... Well, what will we do with these?”
The soldier looked at Coriel and Nolina with remorse.
“Heal them too, if there is anything left. Our mission at the moment is to eliminate the demons; other peoples are not included in it.”
“Yes, sir!”
Arseny +
Stepan -
Andrey +
Coriel +
Nolina -
By the end of the day, most of the inhabitants of the cave had been killed, and only Salasara survived, fleeing at the moment when the last of the defenders fell. In the future, this will cause her great remorse, but she could not resist the fear. Coriel, in turn, was taken to the city of Medivil, where she was left without further explanation.