Time continued to pass. Two months after the last confrontation between Echos and Khode armies on the wall of Surly Gate Town, no further conflict occurred. The two forces simply stared at one another from a distance.
Zee Min kept waiting for the reinforcement Xuang Feng promised. Still, no news came. Her soldiers grew restless, so did she. They sat there doing nothing, which eroded morale.
The only solace they could think of was that they were the reason Echos' invaders didn't expand their invasion. As long as they stood guard there, the enemy would not invade deeper into their territory.
Of course, Zee Min didn't believe it at first. But over time, the mind had a way of comforting itself. Instead of hoping for a reinforcement that might never come, or forcing an assault with no hope of success, she convinced herself that they were doing something important by doing nothing.
This belief was shattered before the end of the day.
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