The Duke slowly stepped back a distance, returning to a safe range.
That Level 3 Extraordinary should be the leader of the Rebel Army, the one referred to by civilians as the "Reformer".
With his power, if he acted personally, it would take just a moment to break through the gates of Grey Rock City, and the defenders would be powerless against him.
Yet he did not do so.
Three days of fierce assault and the Rebel Army suffered heavy casualties, the defending forces also lost more than half, yet he sat deep in the camp, watching coldly.
Unless he simply didn't care about the lives of the Rebel Army soldiers, or, the very purpose of this war was to cause as much death as possible on both sides.
The Duke suddenly thought this might be a ritual needing war as its medium.
The previous ritual of Count Cadwell required sacrifices of living people on a specific rune array, with the life force being actively extracted by the ritual array.
