Screams filled the north side of the city. After over two hundred soldiers lost their lives to the cetuses, the beasts ravaged the nearby homes.
People began to flee south, spreading the word and searching for guards to protect them. The entire city was on alert within half an hour of the cetuses' second appearance.
In the palace, a drenched soldier was following some of the castle guards further into the castle. They soon entered a room and closed the doors behind them. The messenger was surprised by what he saw.
Everyone in that room was wearing a purple robe or a cape, signifying their entrance in the Royal Court's Magic Corps, their smallest and most powerful branch of the military.
"Speak."
