Kharzan finally had no excuses left. Valdris and the others could no longer hold him back, the moment had arrived.
It was time to let his rage run free, to face the old woman who had dared attack his castle, who had humiliated his family, who had turned his home into crystal ruins.
The corrupted fury that had been boiling inside him for hours finally had a clear target, a focus for all the accumulated rage and desperation that threatened to consume him from within.
"Get aside!" he roared at his subordinates while walking to the front and pushing them, his multiple abyssal beasts stirring under his skin like hungry serpents. "This is between her and me!"
His subordinates scrambled to obey, recognizing the futility of further restraint.
