Led by Viscount Sriwizi, Prince Noah, Robson, and a late-arriving Valentino guided the main army into Thermopylae.
This pass, the site of countless famous battles throughout history, showed no signs of its ancient past. Instead, its architecture was dominated by the practical, simple aesthetic that had defined the Frank Kingdom since the reign of King Louis.
After all, the pass had been breached by the Beastmen thirty years ago, at which time they had razed the entire fortress to the ground.
Upon entering Thermopylae, Viscount Sriwizi tactfully relinquished command. And that authority did not fall to anyone else—it landed squarely upon Prince Noah.
The earlier conversation between Prince Noah and Robson had been laden with implications, and Viscount Sriwizi was no fool.
In any case, he had been desperate for someone to share the burden.
