Legon Restoration by Taylor Nicholas

Author:Taylor, Nicholas [Taylor, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-02-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Hurry Up and Wait

"Speed is of the utmost importance to an armed force, without it they cannot make it to a destination in enough time to wait an annoying amount of time for new orders."

-The Exiled Captain (Author Unknown)

Barnin and his units rode through the remains of a burnt and destroyed forest. For several days they'd been following the Pawdin Army, making sure that towns and villages were secure as the main army pressed on. He didn't enjoy playing clean up and trying to suppress insurgency before it started wasn't easy or safe, but it was a lot better than being in conventional combat. When the war first started his unit of new guys would have been disappointed at the prospect of months of not seeing what they would call "real combat", but after what they'd seen and dealt with thus far with the "non real combat" he figured none of them were looking forward to the real thing.

Thick smoke crossed the road and Barnin put a cloth over his mouth and nose. He was assaulted by the acrid sent of burning flesh. As they rounded a corner, the source of the smoke came into view. Before them were piles of burning bodies, both human and Iumenta heaped together. Barnin knew that there were no human resistant forces fighting alongside the Elves, so no one he knew was in the piles, but he still found them hard to look at.

"Why don't they bury the dead?" said the commander of Barnin's youngest unit.

His name was Timothy and for the most part Barnin liked him. "I know that the spread of disease plays a factor," Barnin said, "but also the Iumenta cremate their dead, so I think in a way it's the Elves trying to be respectful."

They were past the piles and cresting a hill. Barnin couldn't remember the name of the town that they were going too. Whatever its name was, the town looked bad. Smoke rose from several spots including a large stone building that Barnin assumed was the town keep. They made their way to the main gate which was ripped from its hinges; thus far all they spotted were humans walking around the town’s burnt surroundings. Inside the wall they found a lot more activity and to Barnin's relief a group of Elves standing next to a cache of supplies.

Next to the supplies were the Elves tents, they looked like giant leaves that had been folded into a dome, he knew that any Elf could grow one of these tents in a matter of minutes. An auburn haired Elf woman approached Barnin and his men.

"Good afternoon Commander, my name is Lele," she said in a calm, regal voice.

Barnin dismounted and addressed the woman, "Hello, my name is Barnin, who do I need to talk to about finding out what I need to do here, and where I should tell my men to sleep?"

Lele's eyes went out of focus for a moment. "You may talk to any one of the Elves here; we are from The Great House Viridi.

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