Chapter 48: No Time To Blame

             King Astius was pacing back and forth in front of his throne. He had been doing this the whole night until the darkness of the sky was replaced with a pale light. The incident happened too soon.  But who would've thought that it was planned very well?

             The royal hall was filled with ruckus. Dead soldiers were set aside on the left side of the royal hall with their grieving families and relatives. On the right side were the wounded ones, having treatments and comforted with their loved ones.

           "Your majesty, they have successfully broken through all of the mechanisms," the soldier which was the one who came with Keir reported to the king. The king sent him to spy on the purple smoke woman.

           A deep breath escaped the king's mouth. One of the reason why he didn't hesitate to surrender the key was that the key can't be used to stop all of the mechanism. There's still a hidden mechanism that can't be opened with the