The Gray Knight waited impatiently in the shadows outside of the snorpians stronghold for the barrier to go down. With him were the Cohorts, most of the Feldoni, fifteen dragons, Bork the mighty and his personal at-arms, along with a smattering of the fighters from Harmony. When the barrier went down the Gray Knight shouted, “ATTACK!” and they all charged forward. They were nearly there when the barrier reasserted itself. The Gray Knight and those who had been able to keep up with him were too close to stop, they sailed through the barrier and landed unconscious on the other side. Bork roared “HALT!” and most of their forces managed to stop short of the barrier. Bork looked with dismay as his friend Shaddrack and twenty others lay helpless on …show more content…
Where are they?” The dwarf said, “We're not allowed to talk about that, we have our orders.” Josie said, “They're not in the camp, are they?” The dwarf's words came out of her mouth as if she had to drag them out one by one. “I... I'm... not..... allowed..... to …....say....... they're........ not.........here.” “By Morpheus! How long have you not been allowed to say they're not here?” Josie asked. “Three quarters of an hour.” The dwarf answered. “Okay, you all stay here and defend the camp and we won't bother you. We'll leave some people here to look out for you, but they'll stay away from your camp.” Josie turned her horse and rode back to Jack at a gallop, she reined her horse in beside him. “The snorpians left the camp forty-five minutes ago!” Josie said excitedly. “Don't approach the camp, the females have been ordered to defend it to the death. Leave half your force here to keep them safe, in case the snorpians return. The rest of us need to start a search, we can't let the escape!” As Josie's words sunk in, Jack's heart sunk, he had waited too long. “Josie, take half a dozen males with you and get over to their main base and tell Shaddrack what's happened, I'll organize things