King Watanabe's impaled body fell to the ground, dead. A sword had run through his body and killed him on the spot, and for a split second, Magus wondered who was responsible for it. Who had brought this highly anticipated encounter to an abrupt close just when it was getting decisive?
About twenty feet away from the King's corpse stood Ju Xia, the Magic Knight who escorted him from Zion to Langford. Her stance and heavy breathing made it clear that she was the one who threw the sword from behind, which killed Atsushi Watanabe.
From the look on her face, it seemed she was relieved the King was now dead and that the Emperor was safe and sound. However, the Emperor did not share her sentiment; he was annoyed and disappointed.
The battle was just starting to get decisive, although King Atsushi was finding it frustrating to fight given the fact that giving up was not his style, even when it was the rational thing to do. But his body did not have a lot of time left.
