His hands were still fumbling helplessly at his ruined abdomen, desperately trying to hold it together.
Then his knees buckled. The body slowly collapsed forward.
Only then did the fading mind inside the severed head comprehend the truth that its head had already been cut off.
His vision blurred. The battlefield stretched into a smear of red and black. Then everything went dark.
On Addison's side, the moment she received the report, she moved without hesitation.
She immediately brought Leon, Zion, Maxwell, and Levi with her, along with a handful of trusted warriors. The Royal Guard Captain followed close behind, but unlike the others, he looked like a man walking straight toward his own execution.
Fear had nearly drained the color from his face.
