Six Demons and Regret (3k4)

Inside a steel fortress reinforced with concrete. A long-haired man with distinctly Egyptian features held a glass of red wine as he looked down over his base, where soldiers constantly patrolled. In just one year, Ismael's life had become completely different from the days when he had led his men from place to place, hiding and fleeing. He had transformed from the leader of a minor warlord faction into the true ruler of his homeland, Khandaq.