Chapter 16Matt Ritter, sweating with alltheeffort of building the defensive wall, took a break and peered atthecastle again. He was surprised when he saw a human walk along thewall.
“Major,” he yelled.
“What is it, Mr. Ritter?” I said.
“Is the General Conbor you spoke of atall guy with sort of an oval face, pointed nose and chin?”
“If I remember correctly that soundslike him,” I said.
“He’s on the wall, sir.”
“What?”
I stepped over and raised thebinoculars to my eyes. When I focused the lenses, General Conborcameinto view. It had been a long time since I had seen him, but Irecognized him. He hadn’t aged much. Obviously, he wanted to surveythe battle. What surprised me even more than seeing him were thetwoplump lizard men walking beside him. I had forgotten what he calledhis alien al
