The explosion hit Royal Knight like a wall, throwing him off his feet.
Its roar was absolute, carrying a shockwave that spread in every direction, tearing through whatever dared block its path.
The dust settled, and the only thing left was silence, but not the peaceful kind.
Royal Knight stood in the center of it all, his surroundings had turned completely black, burned to a crisp.
The houses, the bodies, the cows in the field, all of it gone. Where the village had stood moments ago, only ash remained.
He looked down at his hand, the pebble was gone.
'Was it a trap?' Royal Knight asked himself.
The moment he touched the pebble, the whole thing went up, destroying every piece of evidence in one move.
"If it was, then that was very clever." Royal Knight couldn't deny his opponent's brilliance.
He took a step forward, and the next thing that followed was a violent cough, forcing him to cover his mouth.
