go to places with a more moderate climate.
‘I-i-i-i-i-i-i-in the ciii... ty...' The boy stammered, almost paralyzed with fear.
'The post commander!' the colonel corrected.
The soldier turned even paler as Rex turned the chimera towards him. He even stopped stammering and just pointed to one of the wooden huts.
Darius ignored the frightened boy and directed the beast in the indicated direction. The corporal, however, was quicker, riding up and striking the door several times with the shaft of his spear. Bleist was also not very pleased with the condition of the enclave's entrance, especially since all the previous ones had been properly manned and managed in accordance with military doctrine. In Bushtabhar, problems arose right from the start, and since the colonel was supposed to take control of what was happening here anyway, he might as well start right away.
From inside the hut came discontented noises in a language Darius did not know. Although perhaps it was better that way, because from the tone alone he could tell that nothing flattering was being said.
The door opened violently and a burly man in a sloppy uniform, which did not belong to the Atlantean army, rolled out. The light brown colour, at least in the relatively clean areas, indicated that he was a representative of the local governor, a senior private, as indicated by his epaulette.
At first, the soldier did not know at whom to direct his anger, cursing and squinting against the glaring sun. Then he saw the chimera standing in front of him and began to back away, but the sight of the rider apparently froze his blood.
‘Are you the commander of the post?’ Rex growled sharply.
The man did not answer, but retreated further into the shadow of the hut. The soldier also began to look around and lost even more colour when he realised that he was not talking to just one Guard.
‘You or not you?!’ The corporal pulled lightly on his mount's reins and the chimera snorted warningly.
‘I-I-I-I... Sir.’ The governor's man only avoided falling because he bumped into
