Bastion Burns, Devos, This Is All...

Bastion Burns, Devos, This Is All Your Fault! — Bonus Chapter [25]

(Bonus chapter for brother Shoushou [2/5])

The Forsworn's assault on Elysian Hold had exceeded every Paragon's expectations.

They had noticed the sudden increase in "Forsworn" over the past period. Though, one thing needed to be clarified: while Devos had gathered all the Forsworn into her Temple of Loyalty and become their leader, the Forsworn had not emerged only after Devos was planted with the Seed of Doubt.

In fact, the naturally awakened Kyrian had been wandering Bastion's outskirts ever since they abandoned their duties in the early days. Their numbers were small, and the Firstborn and the Paragons had long known of this "special group."

But Bastion had never had a custom of exterminating its own people, so its rulers pretended not to know the Forsworn existed.

In the past, the Forsworn had always been few in number. Coupled with Bastion's tradition of devotion to duty, becoming Forsworn meant being "rejected" by this land. As a result, Forsworn generally did not survive for very long.

They were no longer protected by the Firstborn and even risked falling into The Maw.

The Forsworn's rapid expansion had only begun after doubts plagued Devos, the Paragon of Loyalty. First came the followers in her temple. Then, after hearing the news, the Forsworn wandering Bastion's borders had also rushed over to join the cause.

Bastion's Paragons were no pushovers.

They had kept Devos and her Blackwing Angels under close surveillance. The only reason war had not broken out was because Devos strictly forbade the Forsworn from leaving the Temple of Loyalty.

They shut themselves away and refused to speak with the other Paragons, but they had not done anything to endanger Bastion's order. Thus, the other Paragons had hesitated over whether to