Shi sat safe in her mansion in the capital. She could not go any farther from the teleportation array based on the restrictions Xing set. Even without contact, she knew the artifacts would kill her if she disobeyed.
Thankfully no time limit was put on them but that could change.
It had been a month since the first city fell. The dispatched army should have finally arrived and begun the attack. It would be the true test of the current war.
If the intruder and his forces overcame it, Dar would fall. There was no other outcome.
"My Lady, a report." A young girl in black robes put a jade slip in front of her but Shi could feel an oddity in it. She pretended to examine it but then frowned. There was a sigil faintly engraved inside of it.
She glanced at the now nervous slip of a girl. She was only at the World Realm but her ability should be around 4th or 5th circle to be assigned as Shi's servant. Only novice Soulmancers could serve her.
