"We have a lot of things to take care of. For today and tomorrow, we rest. Gara, I do not know how you wish to address this but take it that they had died valiantly in battle when a dungeon portal popped up. Do the necessary arrangement." Jin said and Gara got his meaning. There was a need to have 'a little' cover-up even though it would be pretty apparent when eventually the news got out so Jin decided to get them to give them a proper send off. It was also the least he could give them considering he had used them as a stepping stone to get the kingdom moving.
"Acknowledged," Gara said to Jin and within hours, more mages like Linus came into the picture and started to control the flow of information, especially with those in the audience. The people who had witnessed this had dubbed it the Discarded King's Red Banquet for he had annihilated the majority of the proponents that can go against him and will go against him. And those that did have paid the price in blood.
