Kapitel 1666: Opening Moves (Part 2)

The Royal Constables shared Lith's doubts but came to different conclusions, considering the prisoners that the City Lords had kept alive as hostages that the traitors intended to use as a deterrent since most of them belonged to noble families loyal to the Royal Court.

Meanwhile, several hundreds of kilometers away from Zeska, several Spirit Warp Steps opened inside Syrook's lair.

"Gods, I love it when a plan comes together." The Mad Queen said while taking control of the now masterless defensive arrays with but a swing of Arthan's Sword.

She had taken care of memorizing the dimensional coordinates of the Black Dragon's home during their past dealings in the hope of his death.

Now not only would she take all the riches he had collected from the cities of Nestrar instead of half, but also those that Syrook had stockpiled during his life, his magical legacy, and all the magical weapons that he had bartered for himself in exchange for his Origin Flames.