The Food merchants and the owners of the grocery stores welcomed this change; the surge in business had them considering hiring more staff and replacing their carts for faster merchandise transportation from Bruce. Almost everyone looked upon these changes in a welcoming light, almost as if they had all forgotten the shadow that Demonsky Castle in the eastern suburbs cast. With each new Lord's arrival, inevitable disaster and trouble seem to follow, a fate seemingly never lasting beyond three months. Would the arrival of the new Lord this time change this destiny?
At the moment, Komer had no energy to consider the rumored curse of the demon god. His immediate concern was how to lead these hundred thousand people safely to Caucasus and ensure they survive the winter until the summer harvest season. That was his most pressing calculation.
