"Fly down," he ordered in a deep voice.
"Fly down?" Char's eyes widened, thinking his lord must be crazy. If they flew down like this, wouldn't they be riddled with arrows?
"We can't fly across and there's no time to turn back. We're surrounded by their numbers. Rather than this, it's better to risk everything; maybe there's still a slim chance of survival." Brand exhaled sharply, staring intently at the crowd below.
"Lord, you sure love to gamble."
"Believing in your own ability is called courage. Pinning your fate on luck is called recklessness. The line between recklessness and courage is thin, and it depends on how you grasp it. This is one of my mottos in the game. Remember it well," Brand said to his servant.
"Game?"
"Haven't I told you before? Life is like a game, and the game is like life." Brand suddenly laughed heartily, feeling an unprecedented clarity in his mind.
