Sword

A team of around a thousand soldiers headed down the path quickly. Scarlet was among them, riding with the cavalry. Two hours previously, scouts had reported that a nearby town was under attack from the mercenaries and needed support.

Scarlet was surprised but she could still tell the scouts appeared strange. After some questioning, she found out that one of Jerrick’s soldiers had forced his way into a farmhouse and assaulted a woman. The woman’s husband returned and the soldier was killed in the conflict. The soldier’s friends attacked the woman and her husband, killing the husband and injuring the woman. This act angered the mercenaries in the town and they demanded justice.

Scarlet thought that the soldiers should shoulder the consequences themselves, but she needed to get Jerrick out of there. Jerrick was a prince, and she was the only one important enough to go negotiate for him.