Alutar: the Great Demon
““Are you sure this is wise, Colonel?” asked Captain Borgund. “We have already sent one rider to investigate the fire and then a complete squad. Neither has returned. We may be riding into an ambush.”
“Your concern is noted, Captain,” replied the colonel, “but we have little choice in the matter. While smoking the rebels out of the cave was part of Colonel Atman’s plan, the smoke we saw was something else entirely. We have to investigate it, and we have already lost a squad. What do you prop...ose we do next? Send an entire company? I will not risk dividing my forces any further. The whole regiment will respond to Atman’s aid. Nothing less will do.”
The captain nodded silently as the two officers rode together near the vanguard. An hour later, the battlefield that the 1st Regiment lost to the Rangers’ rear guard came into view. The vanguard of the 2nd Regiment stiffened in response to the bodies littering the ground. The colonel and the captain rode forward and called a halt to the column.MoreLess
“Your concern is noted, Captain,” replied the colonel, “but we have little choice in the matter. While smoking the rebels out of the cave was part of Colonel Atman’s plan, the smoke we saw was something else entirely. We have to investigate it, and we have already lost a squad. What do you prop...ose we do next? Send an entire company? I will not risk dividing my forces any further. The whole regiment will respond to Atman’s aid. Nothing less will do.”
The captain nodded silently as the two officers rode together near the vanguard. An hour later, the battlefield that the 1st Regiment lost to the Rangers’ rear guard came into view. The vanguard of the 2nd Regiment stiffened in response to the bodies littering the ground. The colonel and the captain rode forward and called a halt to the column.MoreLess
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