The young girl displayed a very big smile while contemplating the object which was in front of her eyes.

she prompted.

The young man turned to her, watching her for a moment before nodding his head affirmatively. He moved slowly towards the statue before staring at it insistently.

he said suddenly.

asked the girl curiously.

he answered.

she complimented.

The young man stared at the sword for a moment before taking it from the statue's hands. As he did this, he felt his body absorb an enormous energy that ran through his veins. He sighed heavily before taking a deep breath of fresh air.

He swiveled the weapon in all directions before positioning it vertically to check its stiffness and if it was straight.

he whispered, stroking the weapon.

At that moment, they could hear the sound of rocks moving. Turning slowly behind them, the two young people found themselves in front of a very big army of stone knights. The statues they had noticed upon entering the room had moved.

The two young people widened their eyes in shock as Lucas moved in front of the young girl to protect her by putting his sword in front of him in a defensive position.

he ordered in a very cold tone.

One of the knights who, apparently, was their leader advanced towards the young captain slowly before getting on one knee in front of him while lowering his head. A thing that surprised Lucas greatly.

he greeted respectfully.

Lucas and Luana's eyes widened in shock as they listened to the latter's words.

The other knights did the same as their leader and knelt before the young knight, laying their weapons on the ground in front of them.

their leader continued.

With these words, Lucas, who had just come back to his senses, nodded affirmatively to them before speaking again.

he said with a small smile on his lips.

he explained.

said one of the knights.

another exclaimed.

exclaimed the knights while raising their fists in the air.

With these words, Lucas took Luana's hand in his and moved towards the exit of the huge room before leaving it, followed by the other knights. The army behind him consisted of at least thousands of them, armed to the teeth.

Once outside the abandoned palace, they found Leo and Lea who were patiently waiting for them before getting on the backs of these two and moving together towards the capital.

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Borislav exclaimed in rage, banging his fist hard on the round table in the meeting room where he was, accompanied by Soren.

the latter replied in an indifferent tone.

The Grand Master raised his hand in the air making the objects that were in the room fly before rotating them with magic to smash them all together against the walls, thus creating a complete disaster in the room.

he exclaimed angrily.

answered the young woman in whisper.

Soren offered.

asked the young woman, very confused.

The Grand Master moved quickly towards her before passing by her.

he ordered dryly.

With these words, he left the room followed by the young woman who walked behind him very closely.

'Let's see what you're going to do now, you moron,' she thought bitterly.

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Ten days later, the emperor sat in his office accompanied by Angus and Edgar to discuss the current state of the empire and their next plans.

Arthur said as he analyzed the facts.

Angus confirmed.

Edgar added.

Arthur explained.

With these words, someone knocked on the door of the office hastily which took the three men by surprise.

ordered the emperor.

It was Gardner who rushed into the room, completely out of breath after running all the way there.

he said, catching his breath.

Angus asked worriedly.

he declared happily.

Arthur exclaimed with a very big smile.

he added.

asked Angus.

Edgar wondered.

Hearing these words, the emperor abruptly rose up from his seat as he walked towards the office door to go out.

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Once at the courtyard, Arthur was greeted by a large number of stone-like knights who bowed to him upon seeing him, as well as Sir Koraxos and his daughter.

she greeted, hugging him tightly in her arms.

he whispered, hugging her back.

After Arthur separated from his daughter's embrace, Lucas walked over to him and pulled the sword out of its holster that was hung on his waist before showing it to him.

he declared with a smile.

The emperor widened his eyes as he looked at the famous object in front of him. In a second, all the memories of his expedition and the war against Vuglonith flashed before his eyes. Arthur put his hand on the sword to stroke it as he sighed deeply.

he whispered.

With that, the emperor turned to the leader of the stone-like knights and stared at him intently for a little while before displaying a look of realization on his face.

he asked in astonishment.

the latter replied, flashing him a very big smile.

he explained.

marveled Arthur.

Once that said, they heard the sound of a horse's hooves galloping towards them. They all turned around to see Captain Arminel who had just entered the palace.

The latter descended from his horse hastily before advancing towards the emperor and bowing to him.

he greeted.

Arthur asked worriedly.

he asked again, completely confused.

he declared in a serious tone.

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On the top of a huge tower, in a completely isolated place where there were no trees or bushes, a completely dry and barren plain, was a very large dark room.

In the center of it, was placed a very large throne black in color where Borislav was sitting on. In front of him stood Soren who was completely lost, contemplating the place that was anything but familiar to her.

she asked, very confused.

he answered indifferently.

he explained with a sadistic smile.

she asked.

Borislav rose from his throne and walked towards the large window before raising his hand to the sky and reciting a magical incantation that caused black smoke to appear from his hands.

This smoke invades all the territory outside before fading away to give way to terrifying demons of all kinds.

he said with hatred.