On the southern front, news spread like wildfire: Cities were surrendering to Evretis to avoid the Dragon, triggering a dangerous domino effect.
Reports claimed that King Gerbil, after regrouping Hamperlon's main army, marched on those cities to appease the nobles and reclaim the lost lands before we could occupy them.
We also heard he had hired the largest mercenary force ever seen on this continent to challenge the Dragon, but the outcome remains unknown.
The only thing I heard from Elizabeth about it was her complaints about their "quantity before quality" approach. She seemed both bored and furious about the lack of anyone worth her time after more than a thousand challengers fell before her.
Thus, despite the increased resistance, her march in the South continued on as we shared information and coordinated to prevent Hamperlon from catching us off guard.
In the north, I helped the army push where we could.
