Ash could almost hear the sound of despair coming from within the city as he rode toward his army. Even without the main army, they had more than enough of a force to take the city though it would have been a hard campaign with a large number of losses. Now with the added forces, there was only one outcome of the coming battle, a complete slaughter. “My lord,” a large demon belonging to the same family as Tolarea said in greeting. Ash remembered seeing the demon before but couldn’t put a name to the man’s face. “Are you the commander of the main force?” Ash asked without delay. “No my lord, I am just a sub commander,” the demon replied with a slight bow. “I am sub-commander Herse. The army commander is currently conversing with the other sub-commanders inside the temporary command tent. If you wish to speak with commander Jalr then I will be more than happy to lead you to his current location.” “Please do,”
