At Goldshire Town.
General Shidan was waiting anxiously for word from George. He had left for five days. Though General Shidan could see the Victorians wandering around and hear news of George from them, he treated them as lunatics. He didn't trust them one bit.
Did they treat him as a fool?
General Shidan thought he wasn't a fool. He believed that George had most likely sacrificed himself as a hero.
There were hundreds of heroes who sacrificed themselves. Just like the scouts that he sent out. None of them returned.
This was what the Victorians said, "The scouts that you sent out? Are those people who fled after stripping their equipment? What? Did we kill them? We didn't. They didn't attack us, why would we kill them? They gave their equipment and horses to us, so we sent them away."
It was hilarious. Why would his elite warriors be afraid of the Underworld creatures and flee? Nonsense. General Shidan would never believe that nonsense.