Right now, Erik, Ankhur, and Enkai were the only third rankers in their army, and they were looking down the barrel of a significant number disadvantage of three to five. The enemy were naturally all Arcanists
"It's not all bad," Erik muttered as his eyes passed over their opponents. "They're still out of omnisense range, but even from here, I can feel their unstable energy. They were clearly either forced into the third rank or only just entered it naturally."
Enkai didn't seem comforted by that, however. "You mean just like you?" he grumbled softly, still not entirely happy with Erik's takeover.
But Erik simply smiled slightly. "No one is like me, Enkai."
While Enkai rolled his eyes at his comment, Ankhur looked deadly serious. Enkai had been busy with a week-long patrol around the kingdom when the duel occurred and had thus not yet seen his new emperor fight.
