"Let's go back."
A figure in a gray cloak rose from his seat.
"Why aren't you watching the rest?"
"I have my answer. The King of the North is still the King of the North. He hasn't declined."
"Then you should invite him to the core Fortress, not spy on him from a Gladiator Arena in the outer passage."
"Didn't you hear why he came? The Montreal Family in Reekan doesn't even know the Ratfolk Clan is heading north. I need to go back and warn the others."
"The Ratfolk won't climb the Snow Mountains."
"But if the Rikaner Kingdom falls, we'll lose a third of our recruits, and our Warriors won't be able to fight after their homes are destroyed."
The other gray-cloaked figure lounged against his chair. "Trouble everywhere... Good thing the Demons are behaving themselves."
What happened when a Warrior fought a city wall?
That depended on whether the Warrior carried a sword or a pickaxe.
Bu Brino Jana fought the Earth Elementals with spear and shield. She tried to reach Annan, but whenever she made a move toward him, an Earth Elemental blocked her path, and the earthen spikes they fired kept the Master Level Warrior fully occupied.
The duel wasn't pretty, but it was awe-inspiring. The Gladiator Arena seemed to have become the Earth Elemental Plane.
"You win! I'm yours!"
At last, Bu Brino Jana raised both hands. Sweat brought a flush to her pale skin, but her sharp eyes, deep in their sockets, looked ready to devour Annan.
"It's too early for me to marry into your family," Annan replied smoothly, sending the Earth Elementals back through the Portal.
Bu Brino Jana had lasted two minutes against fifty Greater Earth Elementals. Even if they had only blocked her rather than attacked, and even