King Ald was walking back and forth anxiously in front of his advisors, waiting for good news from his son about the war.
"What's taking so long anyway? We deployed fifteen thousand elite soldiers with the help of the Jing Empire's extra troops. Destroying that Beast Kingdom should be easy!"
He hadn't been this anxious for a long time. The last time he felt this way was when his older brother, the previous Crown Prince, returned alive from Roc Forest and waged a civil war against him to claim his rightful throne.
Back then, King Ald had ordered the assassination of his older brother, Crown Prince Elduin, and the assassin reported that the Crown Prince had bled to death.
Elduin was so close to winning the civil war. Thankfully, his older brother was always so kind and naive. King Ald pretended to surrender and then assassinated his older brother himself, successfully claiming the throne in the process.
Everything was smooth-sailing… until now.
