Chapter 3: Never Ends
"Fwtt-Tooooom," The pair was interrupted, (to much appreciation of the panther,) by a loud crash as the spell Alice had been working on released, slamming itself into the timbers of the door, splintering them easily behind the massive force.
The scent of burning oak filled the air and mixed into a odd combination when paired with the smell of rainfall and blood as the smoke and dust from the magical blast settled. There were no humans left alive in the hall by this time.
As the haze cleared and their sights could focus on what was left of the door before them, the king spoke a single sentence. "I do this part alone."
Jagón and Alice shot each other a worried look before the panther spoke his worry, after all, the main duty of the King’s Guard was to guard the king after all.
"My king, surely you don’t intend to needlessly endanger yourse-" Jagón had abruptly ended his sentence as his liege briefly glanced his way.
When you’ve known someone long enough, a mere look can tell you more than you need to know, and what the panther knight immediately understood was this was something his king NEEDED to do alone for whatever reason.
His statement wasn’t a request, but an order, and debate was no longer on the table. The knight bowed his head in understanding as his king began making his way toward the ruined doorway, the sudden silence that fell upon a room that was so recently filled with metal clashing against metal left the panther’s ears with a ringing sensation.
The lion had made his way to the threshold of the next room before he paused for a moment to speak one final order to his knights in a tone lacquered with the presence of his malice, and the finality of his decision.
"Search the grounds, kill any remaining human on sight." And with that, the beastman king stepped into the human king’s throne room for the final battle of his crusade against the people he had come to despise and resent so fully. His army let out a cheer, then went about following the duty assigned to them. True to the order, there were no survivors.