Three days on the road and Castor's face still lingered. The hollow look in his eyes. The Second Sword of the empire reduced to nothing with words alone.
Auryn hadn't expected the image to follow him this far from Uruk, but it did.
Every time the silence stretched too long between hoofbeats, there it was—Castor standing in that council chamber, shoulders collapsing, voice barely above a whisper. "I accept."
Not triumph. Just weight. The weight of a defeated man.
A soft golden shimmer appeared without warning eagerly in front of Auryn.
The familiar light across his vision.
[QUEST COMPLETED: TERRITORIAL EXPANSION]
[ REWARD: RANK PROGRESSION: 42% → 50%]
[WYRM THRESHOLD REACHED]
[REWARD: DRACONIC AURA ENHANCED]
Effect: Presence intensified. Hostile intent can be easily deterred. Lesser-willed beings experience instinctive fear in your presence.
[ HIDDEN REWARDS: LOCKED]
The system seemed to go through some Re-calibration before continuing.
[ HOST HAS UNLOCKED EXTRA REWARDS]
