The night air was thick with tension as the assembled forces of Dmitri, Fallon, Chris, and Jimmy advanced toward Lyra's territory.
They were a little over a hundred men in total.
Under the cover of darkness, they moved swiftly, anticipating easy riches from the unguarded city.
The easygoing talks and humorous banter among them showed that they had let down their guard and didn't expect to meet resistance of any kind.
It was all too easy.
Attacking late wasn't to spring a surprise attack on them, it just hadn't been easy to organize everyone quickly but they had managed to do it in a short time.
They had set out the same day they got the news as they didn't want to risk Lyra's team coming back.
It was easier now that they were out of the way so they didn't have to lose people to the bloody war that was sure to erupt.
The demons were already enough for them.
