Hours passed, every minute tension drew closer. Every second held the power of life and death.
One of the strongest figures in the entire continent had fallen, and with him, the hope of the Kingdom.
The king had ensured the matter was kept on a need-to-know basis, to avoid the spread of panic.
The king was struggling to keep himself together, watching the man he had grown up with and fought beside him, lay weakly in a chamber many didn't walk out of.
The king had ordered some of the best healers in the entire world, and they were currently handling this matter.
He didn't care if the entire kingdom would have to go bankrupt for the Royal Knight to live.
Other knights who knew about this matter were restless. Whatever took out the mighty Royal Knight could easily destroy them.
And it wasn't just that, the king's court had gone into overdrive, rapidly briefing the knights and the king himself.
