It was four in the morning, and the morning light outside was still dim.
Allen had woken up half an hour earlier. He had been sleeping on a wide bed with the other Warriors. He looked around him and saw that the others had woken up as well.
With a mission and the pressure of a face-to-face meeting with the lord himself hanging over them, no one managed to sleep at all.
The door slammed open. It was Marshal Jacker standing in the threshold. He barked, "Everyone up, we'll be heading off soon!"
As soon as he finished, there was an instant commotion in the room. Everyone got out of the bed at the same time. All of them were all dressed up and ready for their orders, including Allen.
"Good!" Jacker looked at his soldiers with a satisfied air. "Now, go out on the courtyard and stand in four groups!"