Our journey has only just started. I would say I went easy on them.”
Lupin covered his hand over his face in despair. Isn’t that the same as dying?”
“I’ve died countless times already, some of them under circumstances so strange and horrific that you’d have to be drunk to believe me. When I was in Sylphtoria, the spirits of nature gave me the ability to manifest it. Noah could read her expressions like a book. Had the Profane not done it first, these men might have been the ones to capture her people. Many runes weren’t visible due to the damage the box had sustained and the pieces missing, but it was enough for Noah to get the gist of what the box was for. “What in the world is all this?” Lupin asked,
“Ah, Your Highness, welcome. These monsters are resistant to most drugs and poisons, but they aren’t completely immune. I should have done something years ago about those two, and now our family tree is drenched in the blood of our own citizens.”
“Your Highness, none of this is your fault. She blocked the attack, and rather than countering with a slash of her own, she reared onto her hind legs and tried to kick him with her forelegs.
