The servants, who were often witnesses of such distressing scenes, drowned their shrieks as the rules dictated. Otherwise, the next victim would be one of them...if not all.
They fled the room in a muffled panic, leaving the Crown Prince all alone once again. Taking off the fabric, ignoring his servants' escape, he forced open the huge cage with his bare hands.
A red flame lion, known as one of the most dangerous beasts of the Northern regions, was lying motionless with one of the blades of his sword stuck through its neck. The intricate handle in the middle was slightly sunken on the pierced flesh. If not for its thickness... The two-bladed sword might have broken completely through the beast.
Retrieving the sword, its neck was torn off from the upper side, splashing a big amount of dark blood on his clothes. The two-bladed sword made a loud clanging sound as it fell on the floor after it was thrown when taken out of the dead beast.
