Chapter 846: All Who Offend Me Must Die
In the human kingdom, at Soaring Bird City.
Early one morning, Torin, along with his subordinates Mike and Wyatt, made his way to the Soaring Bird City branch of the Golden Apple Chamber of Commerce. A month prior, Torin had placed an order for a batch of equipment and beast-blood mounts. It was only natural that the City Lord himself would come to inspect the delivery upon its arrival.
"Lord Torin, the items you requested arrived two days ago. Please, come inside."
Torin nodded with a smile, greeting the acquaintances he met along the way.
"The City Lord has become so much more mature, and so much more amiable!"
"Isn’t that the truth? After all he’s been through, anyone would grow."
"I heard that back then..."
The murmurs of the citizens followed him as Torin, flanked by Mike and Wyatt, entered the Chamber’s VIP room.
Within the human kingdom, in the Aisenna Forest.
The Aisenna Forest was located far from Soaring Bird City, well outside the bounds of Baron Torin’s territory. Situated on the kingdom’s frontier and having been ravaged by past wars, the region was desolate and uninhabited.
The trade road was riddled with cracks, and the old post station was a ruin of collapsed walls, missing bricks, and a caved-in roof. Old, ragged dolls lay scattered in the overgrown grass along the road, lending the decay a bleak, eerie, and sinister quality.
The sound of hooves echoed as a caravan approached, the wind kicking up fallen leaves and clouds of dust.