The commander captain of Jaridge watched how new refugees were flooding towards his city gates and because this he had made a rule and if you didn't follow it, you had to seek refugees for somewhere else.
The rule followed all the healthy men would be armed and trained and they would be part of the city's defense forces for the time being before the threat has been eliminated and all the women should also put to work for making medical supplies, clothes, and food for the army and the citizens inside the city
That rule did its job for lessening the refugees coming to Jaridge, but there were still too many, and they have had to put them inside the churches me every vacant place that had even little bit room inside.
But soon all that empty room would be full also and where he should put the people then?
As this was a fort city and it wasn't made for living at all and was only made for the army and their families here, so there wasn't that much room as it was mostly barracks and some houses for the family members.
There wasn't anything else here than things that were related to army and war, and The streets were so narrow also, and the houses so densely build from stone that the enemy didn't have much room to fight in the streets, and you could fortify every house here easily and quickly so it would hinder the enemy's movements.
Then another problem the commander had was that when a new batch of refugees did come, the number of the beasts did grow and grow.
First, it was just about a few hundred, then it did grow to five hundred than to thousands, and now they have lost a count of it.
So he didn't know what to expect from as most of his scouts never did come back, and he didn't want to sacrifice any more people.
He only knew for now that there was a flying beast also, but suddenly, there was another report that stopped his daydream and planning.
"Commander Albert, there is a man named Will here that you might want to talk with." The scout said and did let a man that had seen better days inside to the office, and the scout did close the door, and Albert showed with his hand that the guest was free to sit down and talk.
"My name is Will, and I'm, or I was the captain of the guards in Holger," Will said and saluted towards Albert that was shocked by the news that there was this important person from their enemy's side here.
"So what a damn lapdog from Estrad is doing here?" Albert said and almost did spit down when he said this.
"I know we have our differences, but firstly, I like to thank you for letting the ordinary citizens from Estrad come here and seek refugees. Secondly, I have information about the beast tide as I was defending my city to the last men I had before they forced me to retire and leave my position to tell and bring the news forwards." Will said and kneeled, and Albert hurriedly made him rise as even when he had lost relatives in the recent fights against Estrad, he couldn't watch the common citizens die and get slaughtered because they just had born in a different nation that had been their enemy in the past.
"They are humans like us, and even if they might be part of Estrad's army, they have the same rights as everyone should have, but let's not get political now, and let's talk about the beast tide," Albert said and waited for Will to talk.
"It isn't a beast tide as there are also goblins and other monsters inside of it. It's almost like that someone or something summoned or created them and is letting them run wild. Or then there is a beast king behind the tide or something in the forest frenzied everything from the common goblins to beasts. As in Holgert, there were more goblins inside the tide than actual beasts." Will said, and this piece of information shocked Albert and made him silent for a moment as he was thinking.
"So it's not as simple as I imagined can you give me as a detailed scene as you can for what happened inside Holger?" Albert asked from Will.
"Yes, that is why I'm here to warn you that the same thing wouldn't happen to you also and that we can save more people regardless of the nation that they were born," Will answered truthfully.
"Thank you for that, Will. I will order someone to bring you food and something to drink, and after you are done you can start to explain again from the start." Albert said.