Zach looked through the open gates as the soldiers and fighters of Rittel poured out into the darkness to fight the barbarians. His gaze turned to the walls, which now had several strong-looking barbarians standing on them. One of them was right in front of Mandra, who had launched her spells from the wall.
"Lahso, you're protecting His Highness, right?" Zach asked.
Lahso nodded with a hand on the hilt of his sword as he stood in front of Yan.
Zach took a step back.
"I'm leaving them to you guys," he said to his maids.
Alzara and Soara moved, sprinting and soaring up onto the city walls. Yanael stayed put by Zach's side. Nora waited and watched. She wasn't confident she could fight those barbarians head-on, even if she had sparred and trained with Zach's maids regularly lately.
