Noble

The Eye of the Sky found a group of mercenaries marching through the forest. There were no enemies around them, but the mercenaries were all very careful.

"They all look very powerful," Ozzic commented, "or else they wouldn’t have been able to get to this point. Storm City is about sixty miles from here. They might have come from there."

"Not necessarily," Orsie said, shaking his head. "I don’t think they broke through the line of zombies by themselves."

"What?" Ozzic asked, frowning. "Are you saying the necromancers let them out?"

"That’s just my thought," Orsie shrugged.

"But why?" Ozzic asked incredulously.

"I’m not joking," Orsie said. "Think about it. We haven’t encountered large groups of zombies in days, which means the necromancers aren’t as powerful as they appear. I think they have moved most of their forces to deal with the Shield of Light legion."