Five days later…
Asher, clad in a black cloak for the first time in a long while, could be seen in a plain snowfield before several corpses wrapped with white bandages.
Alex and Sirius were kept on stacked stones. At one corner, were Nero and his mother. And behind were all the commanders, generals, nobles, and officials.
Baron Flameheart, General Alec, Mage Commander Aquila, Titled Knight Moses, Head Maid Cynthia, and Regent Kelvin were all behind.
They just arrived and watched as Asher took the torch, approached the stone platform, and lit it up.
As the flames blazed, Asher's eyes moistened. 'I could have been stronger.'
A thought lingered in his heart as he watched the black smoke rise up to the clouds. Soldiers went about with torches, setting ablaze the King Swordsmen.
The loss was huge.
Some officials were afraid this would make some people, especially the family members of his soldiers, lose faith in their lord.
