"Then why summon me?"
There it was – the matter at hand.
"Because the seven outposts are failing," Gorath said bluntly, all pretense of philosophical musing dropping away.
"Krazax was our linchpin, but the other six are bleeding out. Dra'kul loses ten soldiers a day to attrition. Vor'esh changes hands so often we've stopped bothering to send reinforcements. Mor'ghul's commander is a fanatic who'll get everyone killed for glory. The others aren't much better."
He pulled out a report, threw it on the table.
"We're losing the Ashard Perimeter. Not today. Not tomorrow. But within six months, the Radiant Empire will break through our lines and flood into the heartlands. Everything Lilith fought to preserve will burn."
"Unless?"
