"You said the Lair of the Sword Gods?" asked Darius. There was no trace left of the euphoria he'd displayed just moments earlier.
"Well, yes, my brother. Is there a problem?" Selphia replied, her tone light and cheerful.
"We're talking about the Supreme Shield, right?"
The Supreme Shield was the name given to the castle of the Sword Gods, located at the far western edge of the continent.
"I told you, yes… Oh, wait… Don't tell me you're scared?" she teased, feigning disappointment.
"No, it's just…" Despite being a fervent admirer of the Grandmasters, Darius looked genuinely shocked.
Among men, the Sword Gods were quite literally regarded as demigods. This belief was even stronger when it came to Ragnar, the First Sword of Humanity, whom many revered almost as a true deity—especially after the incident ten years earlier.
