In any case, they are spinning threads of power across this land, like a web, from which they can sense any tremor. We cannot pass undetected—’ ‘Then let us turn round,’ Stonny snapped. ‘Now, before it’s too late.’ ‘But it already is,’ Keruli replied. ‘These undead servants continue to cross the river from the southlands, all in service to the Pannion Seer. They range ever closer to Saltoan. Indeed, I believe there are now more of them behind us than between here and Capustan.’
