***Inside the Ash Elf palace, in the military wing***
Rapid steps could be heard pattering on the stone floor. A knock on the door followed.
Sitting behind his desk, the General that had replaced Kloud Stryph was reading quarterly reports. He had been smiling at how the army was quickly expanding, before the knock made him frown.
"Enter," the man said.
A messenger opened the door before bowing at a ninety-degree angle. He held in his hand a rolled-up scroll.
"Sir! A report came in from the eastern border, sir! You need to see this, sir!" the messenger said, staying bowed.
The General clicked his tongue. He did not recall sending anything bigger than a company near that border.
Why was a Captain sending a report to him?
"Why isn't the Colonel assigned to that front taking care of this? You are disturbing my day with matters that are beneath me, soldier!" The General barked.
