Chapter: 238

~ Human kingdom of Astrata, City of Redfall, The Royal Castle ~

A guard in beautiful decorative golden armour rushed around passages in a sprawling castle, carrying with him a golden scroll holder.

It was inaccurate to call it a castle, as it was much bigger than that. It was more like three castles that had merged into one huge military complex; commonly called “the three sisters” by the peasants who lived around it.

This was the home of the royal family, where most of the higher tier military generals lived, and where the majority of top-secret magic research and manacraft took place.

Underneath one of these three sister castles was where the mage hunters operated, and this was where the golden scroll holder started its journey – from one of their special prisons.

After Alben the prophet made a grand claim of death, a new king, and a necromancer, an official report was made.

This report had to be signed by three of the higher level personnel before it would even see the eyes of the royalty, and this was the reason for the guard rushing through the castle with the scroll.

Finally, after rushing about with the scroll to get three signatures, the guard finally made it to the infamous golden doors.

The golden doors were as good as an urban legend to commoners, but every royal guard knew that these were real; they were the entrance to the most secure place in the kingdom – protected not only by physical force, but also by high level magic.

Another guard in a higher tier of decorative armour that made his own look like trash stopped him, he stood before a file of these guards the door. These were part of the elite royal guards.

The royal guard held out his hand without saying a word..

The elite door guard’s armour even had a mana shield that created a lightly glowing bubble, which he had to deactivate as he grabbed the scroll holder.

Similar to the royal court being protected physically and magically, the elite royal guards were too.

With a nod, he checked the three signatures were present before returning the scroll to its holder and turning around; into the golden doors he slotted a magical key which has wisps of a glowing aura circling it, colours of pinks and yellows flashing around it.

The golden doors opened with a crack. He passed the scroll through to an inner guard before sealing the doors again.

The prophecy had successfully made it into the royal court.

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*Knock knock knock*

*Ahh~*

Jay yawned as he woke up.

“Who the?… Oh right, Trenly was coming over today.” Jay needed a moment to get his thoughts together – and then saw that he had a few notifications, but he decided to read them later.

“Hang on, I’m coming!” he called out as he got out of bed, drank some water and made his way downstairs.

“Damn, he’s so energetic, how…” he thought as he opened the door, seeing Trenly’s energetic face.

“Morning! I told you I’d be quick with hunting.” Trenly said proudly.