Isiah's eerie, absolute composure left the surrounding crowd questioning whether he was truly enraged.
Only Eijar and Ciel recognized the truth. Isiah was gripped by an extreme, apocalyptic fury, a state of mind where no force in the realm could alter his path.
Robert's frantic wife sprinted to the edge of the street, screaming hysterically at the neighbors and begging for someone to intervene.
In a tightly knit border community, the townspeople harbored a deep obligation to protect one another. Seeing a stranger shatter Robert's home and drag him into the street, they felt compelled to defend their neighbor.
Yet the terrifying speed and overwhelming power Isiah had just displayed bred intense hesitation. They could not separate the man before them from the terrifying reality that their own monarch had abandoned the region to escape his wrath.
