New Leader

"Somebody help him." Neola ordered, and some of the bandits went to take care of Enzo's wounds.

Then she felt Lucien's hand on her shoulder. "We have to leave quickly. How many of your people are here?"

Lucien could hear about six hundred people inside the old fortress. Most are women and children while there are about three hundred strong men and women outside, in addition to the hundred who were captured by the Light Empire army.

Still, he knew there should be other groups like those hundred in the forest, so he asked Neola, who quickly answered him.

"We are about one thousand and one hundred here, but there are still about three hundred of us divided into three groups inside the forest, hunting and…"

Neola didn't know what to say, but Lucien understood. "Plundering, In Bluewind?"

She had a worried expression. "We are not strong, and Bluewind is the closest place to here…"