Chapter 27

• It was dark when Ril’m and her men returned with carriages filled with their kills. Not long afterward, the militia also arrived with their own dead prey. Most of them got deer, boars, and other small to medium-sized prey. It was only the general who got a couple of livixeau that were known to be the most vicious among the animals living in Mt. Bellius.
• Their assigned cooks and some of their men cleaned their kills to smoke or dry salt and preserve them. Others were stewed, grilled, or fried. The tusks were going to be made into weapons, and skin or furs were going to be made into coats.
• The general entered her tent to have a quick bath before dinner. Her muscles were sore. She had a few cuts from the hunting, but they were not serious. Xedarri’s medicine would take care of these. She was soaked in her bath when she heard her guard outside speak.