Chapter 122: Cactustown
It had been almost a week since I left the capital with my companions towards the desert kingdom of Aridonia.
It took us four days of flying to reach the borders of the empire and the desert, which were separated by a massive wall that evenly split the green fields of the empire with the sand of the arid desert.
We passed by a few different settlements and small towns of the empire that looked quite pretty, but we didn’t have time to explore them all as we were in a hurry.
After we passed the border into the desert, the temperature suddenly rose. However, we were able to stay cool thanks to the enchantments on our clothes that protected us from extreme cold and heat.
We had been flying above the desert for a few days and couldn’t find or see a single settlement, which made us believe that any sort of civilization would be closer to the capital.
During the nights, the desert would get very cold, but I was able to use magic to control the sand around us and make a sturdy shelter for us to camp.
As we were camping, I received a message on one of my voice crystals. It was one that I had given to the empress of Droman in case she needed to tell me something while I was gone.
The way I saw it, I had never been in a war. I had fought with large groups of people, but it wasn’t the same compared to a real war with thousands of soldiers.
When it came to thinking of ideas and strategies, I wasn’t the most knowledgeable. However, there was one thing that I remembered, and it was "communication is the biggest weapon."
The fact that we could send instant messages to our allies was an advantage that we had over the army of Kalusia since I doubted they had any sort of communication method as fast as the one we had.
That’s why I had left a crystal with the empress, but I wasn’t expecting to receive a call mere days after leaving the capital.