บท 19: Chapter 19: Broken Monastery, Part 3

"Warlock Binhadi, this is a happy surprise," King Yavuz said after the silence had stretched on. "I am glad you are alive—and you, Mahzan, Shield Cemal, North Captain. What an odd mix. How come you to kneel before me? Did any others escape with you?"

"No," Binhadi replied. "We drove off the fearmonger and fled. If others escaped, they headed in different directions. We encountered no one on our way here, and saw no others in Weeping Valley."

"Rise," Yavuz said. Mahzan stood up alongside the others, stared at Yavuz, who did not look at all his normal self.