The northern wind blew low and harshly. The night sky was tinged red by the flame of the torches. Greenish grey smoke clouded the skies. The screams of the people and the sound of crackling flames could be heard from the other side of the earth. It was like the howling of the fierce ghosts haunting the furnace deep in hell.
Lombardy Castle had been coated in black by the smoke. Its tall figure seemed strangely blurry under the starry sky, almost as though it was falling. Within the castle were Deiss warriors that were fully armed. They took over the halls and the hallways. They used their bodies to fill every corner of the castle.
