She paused, her voice becoming soft: "Actually, thank you, Lord, for not abandoning Qian. That's enough…"
The girl took a breath and suddenly managed a smile with some effort: "So... I can't be selfish either, can I?"
Brand was taken aback by these words.
He looked at Qian's beautiful eyes like amber—even containing a trace of mist, but ultimately dim and lifeless. Suddenly, he understood.
If such an excellent girl were in a stable era of Vorn, she would never suffer this fate—
But was there ever a stable time in Vorn?
Amber Sword is set in a world of conflict and turmoil because a game needs a chaotic environment to weave an epic tale. But what is an epic? For this world, it's nothing more than fire scorching the earth, bones piling up, and rivers of blood.
With the continuous encroachment on Vorn's borders, wars became more frequent. Humans, out of survival needs, became more collective on one hand and more utilitarian and practical on the other.
