CDXCVI. I'm Just An Old Man

Having to answer their colleague's question, all the guards present beyond the fog spoke and Dag was able to detect their exact location and figure out their number.

"3 of them are out at the gate... along with these other 3 in front of us are 6. Two others are inside, as I suspected" he thought, no longer being able to express his remarks aloud for not being heard by the guards.

"Yes, it's all true! Their outposts are uninhabited now! Our recon teams checked it out this morning, there's no one left!" the guard who had gone to ask for confirmation said, returning to them. 

"Who tells me you don't just want to kill our leaders?" the man in armor asked again, turning to Dag and Kranus, who were on the front line.