"D-Do we have to fight it?" Eleanor asked, fear apparent in her voice.
"We don't have to do anything. We could sit this out, let someone else take care of it. However, there's a catch to that," Lucius explained, before standing up.
"For one, we would lose the trust of the forest creatures, since they're expecting some sort of opening on the enemy front lines today. Secondly, we risk the necromancer destroying the dark forest resistance, as I'm calling it. If that happens, we'd be left alone in our fight... which leads me to number three," he said, stopping for a moment.
"We have no idea just how powerful his units will continue to become. Last time I checked, his units weren't as powerful as they are now, but in a matter of days that changed. We aren't becoming stronger at the same rate as them... time is not on our side," he continued.