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"We should ride faster," I said to Mott

"Is that what I think it is?" Following an’s camp was all you had"

"All I had withto blow up that wall?"

My focus re fire ahead of us "It’s not a wall, Mott It’s a da was to send every spareRiver I had hoped for a barricade that would appear to be created by the natural flow of debris, and that vision had been executed to perfection In fact, I’d heard that e ite the spillway

Now, at full speed, I charged sideways for the hills with my men behind me At first, the Mendenwal soldiers seemed more distracted by the fire at the base of the dam than the consequences of it Once they realized as happening, it was too late

The explosion burst before round like violent thunder Mystic panicked and tried to bolt, but in a battle of wills between us, I intended to win It was the only e’d survive I dug ed hi like chapel bells in my head from the noise while the disturbed air pressed in waves at my back

The base of the dained Instantly, the walls above it collapsed, sending not only water, but also rocks and logs catapulting through the valley like a full-scale assault

My men were drenched by the time we reached the hillside, but all of us were there And the Mendenwal soldiers that had filled the valley like busy ants were swept away in the fierce waters Falstan Lake was returning to its bed Within a precious few seconds, one

My un Not all of Mendenwal had entered the valley, and they would be panicked now and need tiroup and install new leaders We would not allow any recovery The remainder of my ar from the rear

"The match is more even now," I said to Mott "We can win this" Then I directed my attention to the e, which is the hardest of all tests Now is the time for battle, and I know you can do it Stay on your horse to fight and keepYou hold swords in your hands, but res, and strong backs, and best of all, you have brains Never stop thinking, never stop looking ahead andas you think, you will survive"

Eager now to prove theain, and I led them back toward Mendenwal’s camp At the shores of the restored lake, the few soldiers who’d escaped the waters lay in the mud, both soaked and stunned Maybe their retreat to the shore hadn’t been slowed by the heavy weight of arh to swim desperately for their lives Unarmed and panicked, they ran toward their ca for them I let them run It was better to have their armies collected all in one place once I arrived