Forced Change [2]

More than just a few spectacular events had taken place in the past month, but in the end, not much changed.

The chasm actually made it impossible for either side to raid the other's territory covertly, and though the inner cities had suffered through many battles, they had yet to fall.

On August's side, it was because of their planning. The three cities had become inaccessible unless one knew how to get past the mechanisms protecting them, so every time a force was sent to raid them, it fell under pressure.

This was the main strategy used outside of just slaughter to bring the armies of the other side from over seven hundred to just around fifty.

August still had two hundred people at his command, but in the current situation, the armies had faded into the background.