Chapter 16: Chapter 16 - 13: The Time is Tonight!

“Bishop Anluoke, it’s here! I saw that wizard and the witch-hunter lord come out of the house from afar and fought all the way to here…”

A quarter of an hour later, in the lower city, a ragged scavenger, covered in filth, hunched over as he looked at the priests of the church before him, carefully recounting everything he had seen.

Anluoke remained silent, examining the scorch marks on the ground. The fresh blood had turned dark red under the heat, and the upturned soil mixed with shattered flesh attested to the ferocity of the battle.