Chapter 100 – Monarch’s Coup dé Gracé

Shawn’s body lifted off the ground from the sheer impact, his breath ripped from his lungs in an instant. Then, like a projectile, he was sent hurtling backwards, crashing through the massive doors of the throne room. The heavy wood splintered on impact, shattering into fragments as Shawn’s body tore through the ruined castle’s walls and out into the open ruins beyond.

As moments before, the witch’s barrier was just shattered by Makara.

Back inside the throne room, King Azure stood unmoving for a moment, his eyes fixed on where Shawn had disappeared.

Then, without a word, he turned his gaze downward.

Lying near his feet was his old sword that fell out of Shawn’s grip.

The king’s expression remained changed as he bent down and picked up the blade. As his fingers wrapped around the hilt, an old, distant memory surfaced—A vision of himself, wounded and sprawled on the ground with the same