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Morgon slept fitfully, waking frequently to call for intelligence reports He was cae to the port of Dunavon But he wasn't there to take Dunavon His aim was to draw the enee force had been asseoing to be a textbook engagement The natives must submit or die The military manuals made that clear If they subave up their reed to become loyal citizens of the empire If they didn't, it was his duty to hunt them down and butcher the lot

The Catti had refuse to subhter to begin The ignorant tribesmen would attack His artillery would soften them up and his men would cause further havoc with their javelins before locking shields to for would start His ht in disciplined ranks The natives were too stupid to understand that a s as one, can defeat a rabble many times its size

His sole worry was the Sky Warrior The man claimed to come from another real sod co ence reports

The thought of whole tribes co Mercifully that didn't seeard the Sky Warrior as a hero but the clan chieftains saw hion nodded back to sleep and rose at the beginning of the third watch He briefed his officers as his native allies gathered for the dawn ceremony As far as he was concerned, its only useful function was to get the clansmen out of bed A dais had been erected and the priests of the Duideth were assembled on it

He joined them and stared into thecere of cyon thought that a good o soldier was yelling about a ht

Tom stood on the earthwork, flanked by Thunder and the Chariot Master His aion to attack The southerner would realise that he was in grave danger of being trapped and must take immediate action before his position became hopeless