They had been traveling for two days, and those two days were spent in relative silence.
Nicholas and his men had passed some small villages where they occasionally restocked and asked around for news.
It was from those small villages that Nicholas first heard about the Ganti mages pulling their support from Zeph.
There was also talk about a battle between Zeph and Marcus that almost leveled the Cruor palace.
"Those princes, they are quite dangerous." One merchant told Nicholas as he bought some smoked meat for their journey.
"Well it's a good thing they are only out to kill one another." Nicholas teased as he kept his head down, wary of anyone that might recognize him.
"Yeah, imagine if they involved us." The man chuckled, making Nicholas lift his head to see what kind of mage the butcher was. "Bellator, our prince is dead, killed by one of the younger ones if rumors are to be believed."