"If she can only move forward, she'll be forced to expose the Golden Griffon and reveal her plan.
"At that point, we can strike while she's at her weakest and take Phloria back. Then, we blow the lost academy and her sorry ass in one fell swoop."
***
Griffon Kingdom, a few days later.
Tessa and Fyrwal kept looking for Phloria, but had no luck.
The missing Ernas had just switched to a different partner and her fame as the Dragon Knight kept growing. Ne'sra, the capital of the Deirus Grand Duchy had held out just to fall the day after Valeron's companions left.
There was no trace of Thrud, yet her army kept advancing and no one knew how.
On top of that, reconquering the north was taking much longer and was harder than Lith had expected from the reports. Even with the Warp Gate network, moving troops and supplies took time.
To make matters worse, Thrud abandoning her outposts had only been a ruse.
