"Speak ... .what new terrible news do you bring?"
Try as he might to appear in his regal and composed, Helion couldn't fight the look of dejection that now marred his expression.
There's been one bad news after another in the last couple of days.
Not only had they failed to find and capture Victor…
Even his competent knight commander had not only returned empty-handed…she had also brought concerning news.
The shortage of goods and food brought in from neighboring kingdoms due to a lack of monetary and equal value goods….
had finally reached its breaking point, with the people clamoring for his very dethronement….
Citing his rule had not only brought upon a period of ceaseless farming….
Compounded with the subsequent summoning of a hero of item box ... .there couldn't be a worse omen to speak of.
Though that last complaint was diluted when he issued a statement announcing the status of the item box hero as an esteemed seer….
