"What did you say?"
Gaius asked.
"Say that again!"
The Knight, intimidated by Gaius's presence, didn't dare to raise his head and simply repeated what he had just said.
"Marshal Gaius, the Thunder Dragon Knight Squad sent to Red Hill Territory… their mission failed. Red Hill Castle… has… has fallen."
"The squad was attacked about three miles from Red Hill Castle. The enemy dispatched over three hundred Knights and a thousand soldiers from the City Guard Army. They… they also had a hidden unit of Vampires, their numbers unknown."
"The squad… the squad fought desperately to break out, losing seven of our brothers."
Fallen.
A complete Viscount's Domain that had existed on the map of the Thunder Dragon Duchy for decades, with its own castle, army, and people!
And just like that, without a sound, it had raised the flag of the Blood Rose.
