380 The Road To Sacrifice

"I don't like it."

There was a deep crease in Sassun's brow as he looked at the series of diagrams Kaleesh had drawn in the sand. The diagrams all represented different battle formations prepared by the captain, ones he argued should be effective against Blightspawn.

Sassun, however, was clearly less than pleased with the captain's efforts — something he made no effort to hide.

"I don't like it," he repeated. "Each of these has you and Arran do all the fighting, while the rest of us do naught but hang back and scratch our backsides."

Kaleesh gave a slight chuckle, then shook his head. "Your role is to finish off any wounded Blightspawn and prevent us from being flanked. I do not expect that will leave you much time to scratch your behinds."

Sassun gave the captain a sour look. "It's a waste, is what it is. Fifty strong men, and all you'll have them do is cover you."