The moment he came close enough to be detected by their spirit senses, they stopped what they were doing, spread the news fast, and came to meet up with the legend.
William watched them gather up fast enough to block his path inside. He stopped in front of them, before deeply bowing.
"I know it was hard to stay here, watching your comrades fight the enemies bravely. But I assure you, what you did here isn't wasted, isn't worthless or less than their contributions out there."
His words landed, and everyone went speechless. They never expected the first thing William would speak of would be addressing such an issue. And by what he said, they knew they were right to trust him from the start.
"Let's see what are you going to do here," The one to speak up wasn't any of them, surprisingly it was Sloth. He came with lots of other masters, looking as if they ran all the way from the king's tent to here.