The enemies headed toward Ribest with a single plan in mind: scare the people as they advanced, then push them back into the town and encircle them. Once the townspeople were trapped inside, they would cut them down easily and head straight for the manor. This was the strategy they had crafted long before the attack began.
Shadow's role was simple: pull away the two strongest individuals in Ribest, Raze and Fey. With those two absent, their forces would easily suppress the townspeople.
That was the expectation as the invaders rushed forward, roaring.
But the farmers working around Ribest paused the moment they heard the shouts. They turned, every one of them, to see the incoming army.
Normally, they would have run to alert the Baron so the knights could defend the town. But instead of panicking, each farmer quietly picked up his hoe or farming tool and stared at the charging army as though it meant nothing.
