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Only Garuwashi’s men were unfazed by the flood Whether or not they had seen how near their trap had co, the sa’ceurai were ready for it to work Through all the high ground surrounding the Great Market, they closed ranks and shut down choke points expertly Then they surged back, pushing Khalidorans to a watery death In places, men clawed their way over the sa’ceurai’s shields, but they were quickly cut down

Vi beca at her They were all shouting, cheering She was still holding the chains They were suddenly unbearably heavy She dropped therabbed her, steadied her A dozen Sisters had ventured out onto the slick ay to co, and no one looked at her like she was stupid

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Lantano Garuwashi was the first to understand the ion and Logan had worked up had always assuates after they opened them With the destruction of the pulleys, it was aout the highlanders, he and Logan had planned to throw everything at the shaken Khalidoran arht between the Ceurans and the Cenarians and the cursed ground of the Dead Demesne, the Khalidoran army would have broken in minutes Instead, the allies’ ares

Garuwashi ordered the crossing and ordered es If he’d been the Khalidorans, that’s what he would try to destroy

He was right The counterattack was alical Hundreds of es, but then, suddenly, they’d been called off The ration on the far side of Black Barrow itself, Khalidorans fighting barbarians, but they couldn’t tell hi else Had he been able to ford the river, he could have taken advantage of the Godking’s splitting his are He established beachheads and put engineers to idening the bridges by whatever rim

As soon as the Khalidorans saw that his , they withdrew to high points hundreds of paces away and began working on their own

In the early afternoon, Garuwashi found King Gyre in their coe

"Today was a great victory," Logan said "They lostthethe trap Eight in springing it"

"Two hundred an said He didn’t elaborate It was a victory, but it was a victory that was a prelude to defeat

"Toukhas, and you lose ent arrives?" Logan asked

"An hour His ers have asked that he see reat victory, he should be looking on the ht he would kill himself Many of his sa’ceurai would join hient would sio hoan asked

Garuwashi sighed "Feir said there’s soic of the blade that interferes with illusions The glow looked good fro back and forth, but from up close? It wouldn’t withstand a child’s scrutiny"

"Your Majesties, if I may?" Feir asked Garuwashi hadn’t seen hie bulk It was a estured Feir to continue "I made that sword If we can find a ruby to hold the spells, I dare say I’m the only person in the world who could tell the difference between the new Ceur’caelestos and the real thing We don’t even need a special ruby It just needs to be big King Gyre, I’ that ork It seeiving up," Garuwashi snapped "It’s having our fraud discovered"

"What if they didn’t discover it?" Feir asked