"Alright then, my lord. Come with me to Sirich City, and let the soldiers get some rest..." With one matter settled, Prince Noah let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm afraid not. Time is short. We must depart now," Robson said, shaking his head.
"It's nearly two hundred miles from Sirich City to Thermopylae," Robson said, pointing to a faint ink line on the map that marked the road between the two locations. "We have to use the great highway His Majesty built all those years ago to reach Thermopylae at top speed, before the enemy has a chance to react."
It had been built thirty years ago, after the counter-offensive on the Western Front, when Louis III mobilized the manpower of the Northern Territory.
At the time, the Beastmen had just been defeated. Louis III was at the zenith of his power, and his word was law throughout the kingdom.
