Bridging The Gap
“This must be it,” the platemail-clad brunette knight named Kiara said to herself as she took another look at her map. In front of her was an old stone bridge, connecting two parts of the dirt road stretched in between the forest’s greenery. It did its job well for many years, saving the travelers and their carriages from the muddy swamp down below. Even now, with its railings glancing sideways and its stones moldy, the bridge stood firm, not threatening to break anytime soon. This place was dangerous for a different reason, the one that made all the merchants refuse to travel through here and forced the local baron to send Kiara on a mission: the troll. The Empire of Saitoris was known to harbor many vile creatures despite the governors’ attempts to eradicate them, …