Alger Balaban slouched on his chair, his legs on the table, rocking the chair while puffing the smoke from his mouth with a cigar in his right hand. He looked up at the ceiling of his camp, which had become his second home for over a year already.
He was one of the three renowned commanders in the Auriga Kingdom. He was stuck in this nowhere land because he was tasked to attack the newcomer. The moment the protection expired, he would attack the newcomer along with their allies that were read on the other side.
Among the three commanders, he was the only one who opposed the idea of attacking the newcomer. He was being reasonable and told the King why he opposed the idea. The reason was the lack of information about this newcomer.
They didn't know which faction owned the territory, whose leader, or how many armies the newcomer had. That was pivotal information before going to a war, yet they knew nothing about this newcomer.
