Test raised his head and saw the mottled green of the forest, like a dream, spread before his eyes. Knights were scattered all around him in the clearing, thirty-seven in total. Their bodies lay quietly among the heaps of dead leaves on the forest floor, devoid of life. The young Viscount felt a faint pain from the sword wound under his ribs, the sensation of needles stabbing him every time he breathed in, causing him to feel dizzy and lightheaded.
