291 Chapter 52

The back-and-forth with the Remdragon Knight commander must have been particularly tiring, as Kuahel looked fed up. Riftan appeared far from pleased as well. No doubt he had wanted to take more of his own men with them. With their limited provisions, however, it had been decided that the party could accommodate no more than fifteen.

Evidently preferring to pad the numbers with his Temple Knights, Kuahel refused to budge. In the end, Riftan chose Ulyseon and Elliot to fill the two spots allowed to him.

"Are you all right with this?" said Garrow. "We can try to go with—"

"That won't be necessary." Riftan shook his head and secured his luggage to his saddle. "You and the rest of the knights are to wait for us here. And pass this to Nirtha."

He took a small piece of parchment from his coat and gave it to Garrow.

The young knight glanced sideways at Ulyseon before sighing in resignation. "Yes, sir. Please stay safe, then."