The next morning.
BOOM! BOOM!
A dull, thunderous roar pierced through the castle's thick stone walls, waking Raylo from a deep sleep.
It was the Hill Giants doing their morning exercises, practicing their long-range throwing with millstone-sized boulders, aiming for a barren mountain several miles away.
Raylo got up as the faint light of dawn streamed in.
Outside the castle, on the training grounds, the Knights had already begun their drills. Shouts and the clash of weapons rose and fell in waves.
[Daily Intelligence Update]
[1: The Lion Duke of the Lion Duchy, under the pretext of a "hunting exercise," has assembled his most elite Lion Knight Order and several legions, a total of 60,000 troops, and has reached the border of the Thunder Dragon Duchy.]
[2: Several Red-robed Bishops and White-robed Bishops of the Light Holy See have publicly stated, "Aberrations like Giant Dragons should not be allowed to walk in the Light."]
