Chapter 1636
The conversation was supposed to be how we were going to put out guards. Naturally, the fey, the demons, the dwarves, the humans, and the merchants all had their small military force. Well, the merchant's force was more like a security force. It was this reason as well as the aid of the adventuring guild that was quite large here that the city had managed to hold out as they did. However, every group was fighting independently of each other, and we needed to combine them.
Arguments over even those who were fighting sprang up almost immediately, and that hadn’t even grown to the point of unit distribution or sharing resources. I ended up getting roped into it for nearly an hour. Even though the fey attack had slowed down, it hadn’t stopped. Kaia had said that they had other plans, so I did not doubt that they’d be coming with something else soon enough. This was an invasion force that had been gathered and planned for months. A stronger defensive line wasn’t going to change the course of events.
I had considered summoning the girls and my army from Chalm, but Eliana told me that such an act would be seen as an act of war, ironically destroying the peace talks in the process. I considered the peace talks already destroyed, but Eliana begged me to hold off. I could just summon my girls, but there was still time for that. I started to think that a strong counterattack was the best option.
I slipped away from the meeting as they were arguing about food distribution. The dwarves ate more food than the demons, and so they insisted on discussing how food was going to be fairly distributed through the duration of this siege. In most of their minds, this wasn’t an invasion at all, but a pirate attack that would end once they got bored. If I had to hear it any longer, I was going to explode, and Eliana was rubbing her temples like she had a throbbing headache.
I wanted to be the supportive guy for my pregnant woman, but I decided I could support her far better by ending this battle. So, after feigning a bathroom visit, I opened a portal and stepped through. I stepped out into the dungeon where Calypso had been locked up once again. She had various times where she could have escaped now, but she had chosen not to. Furthermore, she had handed me the human orb. Did that mean I could trust her?
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“Carmine?”
“Calypso hasn’t caused any trouble. The inquisitor tried to get some alone time with her, but I got her to bugger off. She called me a blasphemer, but Anne told her to retreat. I’m quite surprised. Prelate Anne has normally hated me.”
Carmine had been standing in the corner. I had asked her to be Calypso’s guard once we got back. I had feared the church might make a move again now that Calypso’s use was over.
“You’ve met her before?” I asked Carmine.