Chapter 442 (2/2)

“I can't explain what happened with Jade, but I can see you still hold on to it – even to your detri his chest “I know you hate et it over with I won't raise a hand to stop you”

Everyone else watched the exchange in surprised silence The former Grand Prior and his successor stood eye to eye in a tense stand-off What could have happened between them?

Phain's hand tightened on the hilt of his sword “Who is her h clenched teeth

The vagrant did not reply His ansould only hurt more people Better to have it end with one death

“Hey, are you two assholes done? We're kind of in the middle of a fuckin' war, so maybe air your shi+t out later” Cloudhawk didn't understand what their problem was, but he didn't care He left it at that and turned to General Skye “Gra here The sneak attack was orchestrated by the Dark Atoue with Woodland Vale They've coordinated with the wasteland alliance with the intent of s Skycloud's army here”

The only thing Skye was surprised to learn was that Woodland Vale had decided to join the fight Hadn't Cloudhawk's efforts stopped the Vale fro into wastelander hands? What reason did they have for getting involved in this fight?

“Right noe're caught on both flanks It's just as deadly to push forward as it is to retreat This fight is destined for a deadlock and everyone's going to suffer badly, no matter ins” Cloudhaas the sort who hated trouble, but his experience over the last few years had taught him that so you could do was try to avoid more probleht in this trap we have one option; deal with the Cri city Then the wasteland alliance will collapse under its oeight”

Skye understood the tactical thinking “You plan to head in and kill the Crimson One”

Daas immediately keen on the idea and voiced her support without a second thought

But Skye was less enthusiastic “Just this group? Unacceptable!”

It was then that Selene's cold but detero with them”

Dawn's hostile gaze turned on her “Hey, crazy, who's asking for your input? Cloudhawk, the drunk and I are et in the way!”

Selene's brows slowly drew together in a scowl She didn't say anything, but the loathing in her eyes was unmistakable It was a look that said 'I could cut five of you to ribbons' If it weren't for their tiht this arrogant bitch a lesson

Even with her offer, General Skye was still intractable “I fought the Crio I knohat he can do, and you lot will just be throwing your lives away”

The drunk was once a legendary warrior, but now he si After all, the Crimson One was no typical foe He was a Master Deanization he led commanded many formidable enemies Wyrmsole and the Giants of hell's Army were deadly on their own erous wastelanders were lurking in their ht onto the enemy's home turf Any way you looked at it the plan was a bad one

“Fallowht and the Criht, even with Selene you cannot succeed” The dark assurances were delivered by a cold and dispassionate voice They were joined by a heroic figure in resplendent white armor “Clay and I shall accompany them”

Frost de Winter was a hty ally in and of hinized He'd o

It was shortly after entering Skycloud city for the first time His… trouble with the Governor led to a banquet where the two tried to air out their grievances Clay Cloude had been the reeted them, then known as the steward of the Governor's mansion [2]

Cloudhawk had picked up on the fact that the sathering data as part of his training in hell's Valley, he had learned more about the Cloude fa – actually ustus

His help would likely o much smoother But the prospect made the situation even less palatable for Dawn What a pain! Now there were two people she hated on their team

Cloudhawk, Dawn, Selene, Frost, an old drunk, and the Cloude family butler If it was just the Crimson One they faced this team would be passable, even if he was a Master Demonhunter

But it wasn't that siht theerous

Neither Skye nor Phain could afford to join them, and anyone else who could aid the effort was needed on the front lines But despite his s, Skye knew that the expeditionary force had no choice IF they wanted to ee victorious, they had to take the risk The leader of the wasteland alliance had to die

General Skye hesitated for a nation “Fallowo with them”

Little was known about Skye's right-hand er than most suspected

Mr Ink's job was clearly to watch over Cloudhawk and Dawn At least those two had to make it out alive

Skye's loyal servant nodded and ith them without a word

So it was that Cloudhawk cahters, bound for the belly of the proverbial beast Their assassination squad was comprised of him, Dawn, Selene, Frost, Vulkan, Barb, Clay, and Mr Ink

The strangely turbulent area around Fallowmoor did not trouble Cloudhawk, not with his abilities He used his dih the phase stone to pinpoint where the dangerous rifts resided It allowed him to lead their team safely toward their objective and infiltrate it Shortly after, the arrouped and renewed their bloody war

1 The oracles, I believe, being the tho had flanked High Priest Ramiel e first met him

2 I had no idea who this was I recognized the name, but thank God Tipsy reh several hundred chapters to figure it out No throay characters! It's like Tipsy has a hard cap on the number of characters allowed in his novels so he has to recycle In fairness, read the TL note – he did give us a hint