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On the third day of Karstly's arrival, he could find no openings.
Khan took twenty thousand men, and he sent them from his unit for the express purpose of keeping Karstly in check. It slowed his own attacking progression, but at least with it, they could allow all three armies to still continually attack.
Wherever Karstly moved, those twenty thousand men would be moved ever so carefully as well. Khan gave Karstly his attention – or at least half of it – and continually, he kept the man in check, creating a brick wall that was all but impassable for him.
And then, as inevitable as it was, the first chunk of true irreparable stone fell down from the central castle. A hole was opened up in it, as big as three men, and a great gap was to be seen through it. The Stormfront men on the inside peered out, with shock written all over their faces. To them, it seemed very much like a mark of the end. Even to Blackwell, it seemed just as much true.
