Drayce could see these two were loyal to their master and would not say a word even if he had to kill them, but he still wished to try. Although they're not hostile to him, what if they were enemies who would eventually bring harm to his wife? Then they were better off dead.
'Should I threaten them one more time?'
He pulled out his sword from its scabbard, his red eyes flashing to show his intentions of killing them. However, the two shapeshifters flinched—they did not respond to his sword, but rather, to Aureus' arrival.
The moment the young man with golden wings landed on the ground next to Drayce, the two men's bodies seemingly moved on their own and fell to their knees. Pure shock could be seen in their eyes, as if they were witnessing something impossible.
"A g-g-golden Divine Eagle?" one of them mumbled, while the other one spoke, "Is it really gold, or am I hallucinating?"
