Inside his office, Duke Hanbal set aside the book that contained the report about the state of his finances and current wealth available. A letter was sent from the enemy controlled regions of the kingdom which surprised him since his informants who were stationed at the western portion of the kingdom had gone silent for a long time.
Upon learning the news about the orcs providing aid for the return of the Darkhariss family, the first thing that came into the mind of the duke was that they are absolutely doomed. He slumped down upon his chair feeling helpless with the situation. They could have expanded the territories of the kingdom slowly but their arrogant king just had to wage war with all their neighbours which denied them the chance of having an alliance with the other nations to deal with their first victim of invasion.