>>5712184Leif grimaces and shakes his head. “While I never believed in Maeve’s visions, I do believe we can reclaim our lost land. Besides, it’s far too late to turn back now. Not after what you told me. The Kingdom was defeated at Gronder Field? Seems to me there is no more Kingdom. All that’s left is the Dukedom and Cornelia. The wind is blowing, and it looks as though this war of yours will soon be over. The Empire, and by extension the Dukedom, will emerge victorious. If I must be dragged into this asinine conflict, better to be on the side of the victor, no? If Cornelia sees that we played a part in dismantling both the Kingdom and Garreg Mach, then that should be enough to see our former lands restored.”
>“You mentioned finding the monastery at an inopportune moment. The leader of the Knights of Seiros is a fearsome woman. She’s now known as the ‘Sword of Seiros’…but before that she had another name. ‘Ashen Demon’. Where she goes, victory has a strange habit of following. I don’t mean to overstep but…”“I’ve heard the stories, but I don’t buy them. To me, a mercenary playing at being Archbishop just shows me how dire their situation has become. Besides, she’ll be absent by the time we get there. Cornelia’s man on the inside has informed her that the Knights plan to march on the Empire, on a place known as Fort Merceus. It’s said to be an impregnable imperial citadel. She’ll be hard-pressed to capture it quickly and with few enough casualties, if at all. Only a token defense will be left behind at the monastery. Combined with the Orthodox, we’ll run them down and loot the place blind. Even if she is as good as they say, she’ll find herself between a rock and a hard place.”
The Knights of Seiros were going on the attack?! Is this why they refused to take part in Gronder Field? Had the situation progressed that much since you’d last seen them? Seteth would only approve of such a plan if he was absolutely sure there was a good chance they would emerge victorious. It was as Leif said after all, Fort Merceus was the pride of the Empire’s defense.
