Forbidden Favorite

The fire at Bladefang Camp had died down, but thick black smoke still billowed without end.

The Wing of Legend's subordinates stood in formation, staring in confusion at the prisoners beside them who were wolfing down their food, while the mercenaries carefully kept their distance.

"What happened?"

Talding desperately stuffed dry rations into his mouth, not even bothering to drink water:

"Is this... a farewell feast?"

As he ate, he glanced toward the base of the distant dunes:

There were three figures, two large and one small.

The first two stood stiffly, while the smaller figure sat cross-legged on the ground, wolfing down food just as eagerly.

Belleti, beside him, shook his head and continued burying himself in his meal.

"What does it matter?"

Little Barney grabbed a piece of hard bread, his eyes thoughtful:

"I can't imagine anything worse than today."

Sakrael sat farther away from them all. He chewed on the dried meat in his mouth, staring intently at the three people in the distance.

"If I'm going to... enter... Bone Prison..."

Nearby, Kuaishang stuffed his face while tears streamed down his cheeks:

"At least I won't leave, sob... Can I take a bite of your dried meat, thanks... Sob, I mean, I won't leave... Damn, this tastes awful... I won't leave any regrets, sob..."

His heartfelt sobbing made everyone frown.

Just then, Little Barney set down the bread in his hand and spoke in a low voice.

"Why did you come back?"

Everyone in the Royal Guard froze, leaving only Kuaishang to keep stuffing food into his mouth.

Little Barney raised his head and looked at the Execution Knight.

"You don't think that just because we took down a few people together, we can return to the way things were, do you?"

The Vanguard Officer's gaze burned