CHAPTER ELEVEN
Volusia watched in surprise as hundreds of thousands of Empire soldiers poured out, charging right for her, preparing to engage her in the biggest battle she had ever experienced. They came at her from all sides, streaming around the capital walls from both sides. They also poured through the golden capital doors, opening wider and wider, as the Empire men let out a great cry. It seemed as if the gates of hell themselves were opening to attack her. She had never seen so many men.
Volusia was surprised and disappointed that the Voks sorcery had been unable to take down the capital walls, surprised to find their powers useless against these fortifications, and she had no choice now but to brace herself for conventional warfare—her two hundred thousand men up against an army
