Even with Marquis Kuren's head as a pledge of allegiance, deceiving those crafty Dwarves was still not an easy task.
Ilkand had to write another letter by hand, stating his willingness to forsake the Figrola family and pledge loyalty to the Dwarf King.
He handed this obsequious Oath of Loyalty to the commander of the Dwarf Army in front of him, the "giant" Jerome.
Afterward, he left behind half of the thirty-six confidants who had followed him out of the fray, and it was only then that he was permitted to lead the remaining sixteen to lure the reinforcing troops into the mountains.
However, they wandered through the Dragon Ridge Mountain Range for three days, yet they still couldn't find any trace of the army.
Ilkand grew more anxious, worried that he wouldn't be able to fulfill Marquis Kuren's dying wish.
