My body didn't even have time for this.
I realized that even after all the humiliating times I fell short in this short battle, being on the defensive wasn't really a bad decision.
I was now on the other side of the cold battle field and I slowly stepped back as the little girl babbled to herself not knowing what I had done.
Immediately I jumped out of the congestion of trees a Soldier appeared from nowhere and grabbed a hold of me so quickly that I didn't realize it until he had carried me to where I needed to be.
"You came." General Berolt commended.
"Sir Commander Berolt Gorebend." The Soldier called.
"What?" General Berolt replied.
"A Dragon … You commanded me to come this close to a Dragon, Sir Commander Berolt Gorebend. A Dragon could scorch me to ash, a Dragon could blow me to smithereens, a Dragon could eat me." The Soldier wailed, lamented and sobbed.
