“Empire’s fall”Chap2

The 56th night is over. Blood wakes up after a restless sleep. He throws on a tattered hide armor and ventures out in the middle of the fort. With the sleeping quarters blown up by an airborne raid, the 100 or so troops that have endured live in shabby tents in the central courtyard. Considering the limited amount of tents, the garrison is split between the night patrollers and the day patrollers that when a new day begins, the day shift emerges and the night shift goes to rest. And vice versa with the sunset. Blood watches as the battred night patrol goes to their tents. “What is the body count today?” Blood asks a captain nearby. “Two dead last night. Explosion on the west wall. We stand 84 now...” He says grimly. “Call over the all the captains including yourself. Go to the cellar... I need to have a discussion with you all” Blood orders. “Very well sir.” The captain yells as Blood enters the cellar...