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"But I never expected it to be you."
Brando spoke again, his gaze slowly sweeping over everyone in the air, including the newly appointed Earl of Yanbao. The other man stood alongside the Sasar people, his body wreathed in the magical radiance of a flight spell.
His gaze settled on the man as he replied blandly, "Baron Dale, the younger brother of the Earl of Yanbao. I heard you were nothing more than a good-for-nothing drunkard and womanizer. I never expected the Twilight Dragon to find you through the Circle of Unity. I don't think you're worthy of that Ring of the Serpent. For Eluin's plans, the Twilight Dragon truly paid a steep price. What painstaking effort."
"Shut up!" Baron Dale roared. "I'm the Earl of Yanbao! That damned elder brother of mine merely stole what originally belonged to me."
But Brando could not be bothered to pay him any attention. He simply shifted his gaze to the wizards of the Silver People floating on the other side. "And, of course, the Sasar people. Once the noble Silver People, they've fallen so far today that they've become the Twilight's lackeys. So this is how the Sald Male Sorcerer and Vladimir intend to restore the Buga people's former glory?"
"What a laughingstock—"
The battlefield fell silent.
Almost every Eluin nobleman participating in the war changed expression at that moment. After a brief silence, a tumultuous wave of discussion erupted.
Everyone looked at one another in dismay, terror written across their faces. Even if they were willing to believe that the Earl of Tonigell was lying, everything before their eyes—the terrifying monsters—pointed unmistakably toward a truth they did not want to acknowledge.
Everyone began to tremble. They had dared to participate in a rebellion overthrowing the Kolkovan Royal Family, but they