In reality, the time to leave the Pass was even shorter than Old Rat had estimated. That afternoon, the Border Army went tent to tent, checking personnel against the roster, and used some unknown Magical Artifact to record the soul fluctuation of every person.
Then, at dusk, the bugle sounded to assemble the troops.
Tan Bin, his two companions, Old Rat, and three other veterans Old Rat had recruited formed a Roving Cavalry Scout Team, with Old Rat assigned as Decurion.
Tan Bin thought they'd get a chance to train together at the outpost, work on their coordination a little before leaving—but there was no such thing.
