"Tell me again, what happened?" a stern-looking man in his forties said, his eyes on the messenger bearing the bad news.
The night before, he had been woken up by the distress beacons of forts around Zell Forest. Not just a few of them, but all of them at the same time.
And not just that, the beacons was put off in an hour. As long as the beacon remained alight, the forts would be considered 'alive'. The beacon being put off signified the forts had been taken over by … the force.
The stern-looking man did not know what had taken the forts in such short time and prepared himself for the worst. He had keep himself awake for 2 hours, which was filled with preparation of soldiers and if needed, militia mobilization.