The dragon scoffed. "Please, I did nothing but provide a direction to everyone's effort. Any one could have done it, I just happened to have a blind spot to the effect of failing upon one's self esteem."<br/><br/>He frowned, before nodding and sending that he was sending even more advisors to break the stalemate, though it would take as long as a week to get them there. Once done with notifying Talia, he went to his advisors. "The dragon at the lake requested help with her task, and everyone at the Capital responded. Unfortunately, the monster either is more slippery than expected, or brought a significant number of friends, and so far all they have done is enforce a standoff. I am sending most of you to assist in breaking that stalemate, while a some of you go and find Sena, and get her moving to the lake; her ability to direct animals might make it easier to find the monsters or the relic.<br/><br/>"Cynthia, you will be looking for Sena, she was guiding a herd of horses east, including the actually intelligent herd leader. She likely got distracted by the foals, go with her to the lake once you find her.<br/><br/>"Sak'bas, you will be leading the group to directly reinforce the group at the lake. Your group will be using the carpet to move faster, and since you are a true combat unit, rather than the specialists, you will take over hunting and stalling the monster or monsters, while they begin hunting the relic. This does not mean freely rove and engage on sight. It is an ancient intelligent opponent that hunts dragons, treat it with the respect that statement earns it. Kesten and Akiros will be staying with me, since we will have to be running everything in the kingdom, and I need their forces on point if someone tries something fancy with most of our specialists at the lake. Once you find the relic, have Talia contact me, and I will head out to talk with our contact about what happens with the relic."<br/><br/>He stayed in Fort Drellin for a couple more days after everyone else had left, finalizing their agreement to join the kingdom once the previous lord and his group had been tried and sentenced, before finally returning to Enigma.