Thirty one

We spent the next few hours gathering our remaining soldiers and assessing our options. It was clear that we needed to regroup and come up with a new plan of attack. But despite the odds stacked against us, we refused to give up.

We would fight until the bitter end, no matter the cost.

As I looked around at the battered and bloodied soldiers gathered around me, my heart sank. It seemed as though our enemy had thought of every possible strategy and had us completely outnumbered and outmatched. But I knew we couldn’t give up. Not yet.

“We can’t stay here,” I said, my voice low but firm. “We have to come up with a plan and fast. Princess Golder, what do you suggest?”

She looked at me with fierce determination, and I felt a glimmer of hope. “We need to think outside the box,” she said, her eyes scanning the horizon. “Our enemy is strong, but they’re also arrogant. We can use that to our advantage.”

I nodded, intrigued. “What do you have in mind?”

“We need to make them think that they’ve w