"What is it?" the Valosian asked. As he looked around, he noticed that the resident soldiers kept unfazed, even though they paid attention to it.
"That's the reason for the disappearances," said a man who wore an Aegeon armband. "Ever since this began, the patrols sent to investigate have not returned. And it happens twice a day, in the early morning and late afternoon.
"I have a musical ear. This comes from the east." Informed Zotikos, suddenly inflating his chest out of pride.
"Pfff!" Tychos mocked, but refrained from further offending a krios openly.
"Yep, indeed. We know that. The patrols sent to the east were the ones that didn't return. Even our old Tagmatarchis have not returned," the Aegeon who explained earlier replied to Zotikos politely, though.
Now Glax understood why he had been sent to Marbium. The report was very similar to what happened at Athios.
