The girl hurried over to check Mydei's injuries.
But she found that his wounds had almost healed. Only his body remained an empty shell.
"We call this state Soul Departure where I come from."
Dan Heng walked over and gently set the apple cider beside Mydei.
"Let's go do what we came here for. Mydei will drink it when he wakes up."
"Mm." Feng Jin slowly rose. Seeing Mydei unconscious made her heart ache.
"I really hope this all ends soon..."
"My grandmother lies dormant in the palace at Castrum Kremnos. We need to hurry."
"Your grandmother?" Dan Heng asked in surprise.
"Was she a high-ranking official in Castrum Kremnos?"
"No." Feng Jin shook her head.
"My grandmother, Jasynthis, was a fighter. She represented the Dim Light Courtyard at the Xuan Feng Festival."
"She fought her way to the very end of the festival. She was one step away from winning the Pledge of Peace for the Children of the Sky."
"But... in the end, she lost to the Battle Overseer Warrior of that time."
Feng Jin could not help sighing.
"I haven't studied the details of the fighting at the festival. I only read in the records that 'it was an honorable duel.'"
"But behind that honorable duel... lay a tragic end."
"Not long after the festival, Grandmother's injuries worsened. She died far from home."
"Her tombstone was left in Castrum Kremnos as a memorial."
"And her death finally brought about the collapse of the Dim Light Courtyard, already teetering under the shadow of war."
At that, Dan Heng, who had been studying the history of Amphoreus, seemed to realize something. He asked tentatively:
"The Xuan Feng warrior who fought her in that Deadly Duel..."
Feng Jin answered, "It was Lord Craterus."
Dan Heng fell silent.
Just as he