The steward's pupils trembled violently. The world seemed to spin around him.
"Your lord Richard has already had his retreat cut off by me. He's trapped inside Nightfall Domain with no way out," Phield said calmly. "As for your allies, well… they've clearly abandoned you, and are now under my control."
"I'm giving you one final hour to think it over. If you don't give me an answer, then you can go join the people of Shadow World Sect."
With that, Phield found a patch of shade beneath a tree and waited patiently.
"Do you think they'll surrender?"
"It's worth trying. Bull Keep is even more desperate than we are right now. Before this, they were still placing their hopes on the border fortress," Phield replied calmly. "I believe that after Richard killed his own family, the knights under his command no longer have any loyalty toward him, especially when he isn't even inside the fortress."
As it turned out, an hour wasn't necessary.
