Bab 185: Tenth Gate: Frost of Bruma (Part 5)

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As the youngest one feared, it seemed as if their doom was just around the corner …

The General's team, and the other platoons left to hold the frontlines succeeded in giving more time for the others to recuperate. Once they were done, they switched with them and had themselves aided. They did it alternately so that the security in the frontlines were kept. 

Hours passed again of continuous fighting with the new hordes of monsters. As time went by, the knights felt them getting stronger, and them, weaker. And if that wasn't enough, the scouts they sent a few moments ago to investigate the origins of the monsters, failed and got killed mercilessly.