Chapter 480: Atlas
…New Moon…Hollow Shade…Northern Gate…
The world shook underneath Freya Goldelm as flames of ivory ignited the night sky to the southwest. The wall’s magestone lost its swirling ebon hue and turned a frosty-translucent. Her House’s soldiers shouted in panic. No one was certain of what had happened, but they all knew it was bad.
Her father, Lord Zorn Goldelm, rallied his troops and calmed down the hysteria within not his own men but the guards of the wall.
“Stop trembling and stand up straight,” Cedric chastised her with a whisper.
Freya felt her face go red. She felt somewhat ashamed that she had let herself be carried away in the panic. Cedric was the second son of House Goldelm and he had spent his life being trained to support their House and their elder brother. In other words, it was Cedric’s job to protect the Goldelm family’s honor, something which Freya had failed to do on multiple occasions, a fact that Cedric never let her forget.
Just one more on the list, Freya sighed to herself.
Cedric had kept himself from appearing afraid when the flames had struck in the distance. For such flames to have been seen, let alone felt this far north, meant the pure power behind the attack had greatly exceeded the strength of any mage.
What sort of being caused it? A dragon?
Freya wasn’t certain.