The march continued onward without much of a problem. The usual monsters that roam around the area could not be found, and neither were the normal animals.
This was something that happens when a monster wave approaches. Even the warlike barbarian tribes, reckless as they were, had already pulled back, leaving the path clear for the tide of horrors to come.
But unlike the tribes, who could vanish into the wilds at a moment's notice, the people of the kingdom had no such freedom. Their homes, their fields, their very lives were bound to the soil they worked. They could not run. They could only endure what was coming.
This was why Stellhart was an important location to the people of Norvaegard, as they were the ones who stood between the monsters and the people of Norvaegard.
