Chapter 12 - Part 17

Captain 7824FB strode powerfully to the camp, barely acknowledging the salutes. His men were twenty-two, and there seemed to be about eighty here. Two warforged corporals saluted him when he got to the center. They were 0038DN and 0039DN. He took their report, and commended them for their actions. He also gave 0039DN seniority, and they both got battlefield promotions to lieutenant. Dye was hurriedly found to mark their arms. They were each told to pick two corporals.

“Shall we continue to dig and fortify, Captain 7824FB?” asked 0038DN.

“No,” the captain said. “You have done well, but I lost nearly four hundred units to a powerful summoner. We cannot stay in one place, that was a terrible mistake of men. Prepare your men to move south immediately. Have them form small groups and maintain a rough web pattern.”

The two new lieutenants saluted and got to work. Within minutes the warforged were on the move. They were about a half-hour away from a meadow where the only force capable of opposing them had gathered.