Bab 349: Speech

"My bet is that he makes us take the front lines. When he does, we leave. You all got that? We don't say one word."

In the center of the stadium, at a particular spot in front of the cordon behind which millions of scared, terrified people were shuffling around, trying not to jostle those around them.

The minister and the commander of the Kingdom of Axelor, along with a few soldiers, were standing around and doing their part in maintaining control of the crowd.

Although it could be said that this was what they were doing, in reality, there was almost nothing that could be done with just a few thousands of soldiers when there were so many people to handle.

However, the mages were a big help, as they managed to create large non-protecting barriers that indicated where the people had to stand, and had also cast non-trespassing spells so that the soldiers would be notified if anyone stepped out of the denoted area.