All the third-stage warriors gathered in the room studied the map spread out before them for a long moment before stepping back in silence.
Naturally, the opinions that carried the most weight were those of Aerick and the three other veterans who, alongside him, had conducted a thorough sweep of the territory within a fifty-kilometer radius of Goldenveil.
The four of them analyzed the map carefully until, at last, Aerick extended his calloused hand and pointed to a specific spot marked on the parchment.
"My lord, if you desire an ambush, this spot is perfect," Aerick declared, keeping his finger fixed firmly on a region about thirty kilometers from Goldenveil.
Whitefall's forces would inevitably pass through there. Even without Ophelia's inside information, Aerick and his men would have known it.
The region harbored a massive fault in the earth that opened into a wide canyon, stretching for many kilometers through the wilderness.
