Indescribable astonishment. That was what left the Imperial Lord stupefied.

Never had his authority and superiority been challenged before since he was made Imperial Lord. Never had he felt such fear and panic before. All this stranger did was just glare at him and here he was, feeling suffocated as if Fear had a hand constricting around his gullet. Even in those days before the mantle of Imperial Lord and its trappings fell upon his shoulders, he had never once felt like this ...