Andresha shook her head, casting the bold thought that suddenly popped into her mind out of her head.
She herself is not a believer (this is very rare in this world), yet even as a non-believer, she never truly thought about what it would be like to completely remove the power of priests and the church from the Empire's military, officials, and the aristocratic hierarchy above them. This was too bold an idea, and as a border general, she wasn't on the level to ponder such matters.
"We've been outside long enough," she exhaled, speaking to the attendant beside her, "it's time to return to the fortress."
As she spoke, she raised her head and saw the north wind stirring the Empire's Flag atop the distant towers. Three gryphon knights and two combat Mages patrolling at low altitude swept through the sky, and farther away, pale blue magic eyes floated in the clouds—those were the Mage Sentinels of Winterwolf Fortress monitoring movements in the plains.
