At the Empire's central camp's command tent, the arrival of Rekan and the other shadowkins had momentarily thrown the soldiers into chaos.
But after the shadowkin showed the commanders an identification token given to them by Leland Haynam, they visibly calmed down. Still, it was a surreal feeling for them to gaze upon a foreign species.
One of the Mana Core-level cultists couldn't help but voice out his opinion, "But that man… he is that Dark King! We cannot recklessly charge at him."
Rekan turned to him with a light frown. With a thick accent, he spoke in the local tongue, "That man is only oneman. Why are you all so afraid of him?"
"That's because you don't know his legends," the cultist answered with a nervous gulp. "Just the other day, he arrived at the battlefield, infiltrated our camp, and casually killed four of our Mana Core Magi—"
