This assassination attempt caused far greater turmoil than the previous ones.
The Emperor's Paladin Bright furrowed his brow throughout the camp inspection, never once easing his expression.
A quarter of the camp had been devastated, nearly a third of the supplies had turned to ash, and about thirty to forty members of the Royal Guard had perished, along with one Night Watchman. Fortunately, the only silver lining was that Princess Arsia remained unharmed.
"How peculiar… We specifically took a detour, how did the assassins target us?"
Bright stood atop the ruins of the camp, murmuring quietly to himself.
Having learned from the last assassination attempt, Bright changed the usual route upon entering Ausenco's territory, taking an alternate road to the Royal City of Ausenco.
Eden had a sudden realization and involuntarily glanced down at the Stone Pendant hanging on his chest.
Was it this pendant that gave away our position?
