The entire cave was not very wide. The few hundreds of the Queen’s mages remained in a battle stance, in an unexpectedly imposing manner. By comparison, although the numbers on the King’s side were not anything to laugh at, there were only twenty or so mages, so they seemed to fall in terms of firepower.
After the Queen grand gesture, the two parties now stood facing each other. There was tension in the atmosphere and it felt like a battle might break out at any time.
"Your Majesty, please stay behind us." Benjamin’s face did not change. He lowered his voice and whispered to the King.
The Queen was right; most of the manpower in Gealorre had been sent out. Now, they have left their defences exposed. The mages opposite of them right now were ten times more numerous than they were; they were not in a very good situation.
But then again, the Queen would not have purposely put herself in danger unless she was sure of the situation.
