*Kryzen*

I stood in front of a group of our most skilled soldiers. Many of them had been training one-on-one with Drius and received top marks on all of their demonstrative tests. These were the most ruthless and powerful of our military.

I was about to send them on the most important mission.

“Thank you for agreeing to take on this assignment,” I said, my voice echoing through the palace throne room. “It will be a difficult one since we don’t have much ...