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Chapter 35:The Battle of the southern pass

作者: YURI TATE
last update 公開日: 2026-01-14 23:26:56

The Southern Pass

Captain Thom’s POV

The southern pass was a choke point black cliffs rising like jagged teeth on both sides, snow packed ground narrow enough for only twenty wolves to fight abreast. Perfect for an ambush. Perfect for slaughter.I stood on the eastern ridge black armor dusted with frost two hundred of the King’s elite crouched behind me. Below, the pass snaked north, a frozen riverbed flanked by sheer rock. Kai’s main force would have to funnel through here.We’d already taken
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