Chapter 311: Chapter 311 - Uproar

Silence fell over the area.

Erik simply smirked confidently at Frostfang, waiting for his response. There was still a lot of anger inside him over what happened to Elora back in Frostvik, but not so much that he still desired Frostfang's death over anything else. 

Elora had pleaded for the man's life, not because she wanted him dead any less than Erik, but because she didn't want to be the cause of Runa's favorite student's death. She knew how important Runa was to Erik. Thus, she didn't want her own relationship with Runa getting off to a bad start.

Confusion was evident on everyone's face. They could understand Runa's son wanting to take over leadership of the Enclave, and there were even some who supported that idea regardless of whether Erik could defeat Frostfang or not, but they needed a moment to wrap their heads around the fact that a second-ranker had just challenged a third-ranker.