The approaching soldiers were still some way off.  Too far to see exactly who they were with the naked eye, though Arkadios trained a spy glass on them as they approached, "They look like Inburian infantry, though it's hard to tell from here."

Though it wasn't easily noticeable to anyone but trained airship crew, the ship was rising very sluggishly, mostly because of the volume of gold onboard.  Their surface ceiling was going to be quite a bit lower than usual...