Uraan took the seat offered by Marna without hesitation. He looked at the people in the Hall with calm eyes and asked, "What do you know about these upstarts?"
The Hall descended into silence. Everyone knew about the devastating losses suffered by the Black Blood Platoons but the question was who would be the bearer of the bad news?
Marna looked at Yisha and Yisha looked at Marna, both trying to push the responsibility of the losses onto the other person. When nobody uttered a word after a few seconds, Uraan stared at Yisha, expecting answers.
Yisha swallowed hard, her nerves jittery. She took a deep breath to calm herself and smiled at Uraan, composing her answer in her head.
"Sir, we sent five Black Blood Platoons to probe the strength of the highest contributing guild in the Punitive Expedition. They are more formidable than we imagined."
