About two hundred paladins on horseback stopped at the periphery of the forest, staring at the vast plain surrounding a tall lone mountain with giant barbarian men clothed in beast skins with unruly hair, loitering about.
Carcasses of different large beasts could be found here and there, making the place more like a den of giant predators.
These carcasses were the end results of their prey!
The 7 foot tall barbarians were the shortest and weakest of them all as the paladins could see some barbarians were about 9 foot tall!
And there were quite a lot of them!
As the Duke's guards, soldiers of the highest order were about 6 '0" and sat on horses that were about 17 hands tall, were an overall of 7 feet tall.
This was while seated on their mounts.
For the first time the paladins felt apprehensive of their lord going alone.
Although Nero was with him, they still didn't feel at peace.
"My lord, is it safe to leave the paladins behind?"
