"The defensive lines are set. All knight and magician corps are scattered across the perimeter. All we can do now is stall until the Alliance and the Utopia clash deep underground in the Ashen Wastes."0

Charles briefed Edward on their situation. He had already noticed the distant sky shifting, but without a World Anchor—without a means to reverse the void incursion into the material realm—Aleisterre had no way to stop this Utopian voidscape from spreading.0

Nearly all the kingdoms' legends had joined the Alliance and were marching with Skyborne City against the Utopia. Those left behind were forces whose duty was simply to hold the lines prepared in advance, resisting the Utopia's assault until their last breath.0

The kingdom of Aleisterre was far better positioned than most. Though the strongest dragons had gone to war, the less formidable dragons remained on the Isle of Dragons—and even the weakest dragon possessed terrifying might. Their presence...0