Ser Loras’ Report [2]

"What did you just say?" Duke Oscar's eyebrows furrowed deeply, his dark crimson eyes narrowing into sharp, deadly slits as he stared at Ser Loras.

Ser Loras did not hesitate.

As they walked through the grand stone corridor of the Temple of Dragons, he quickly laid out the full sequence of events that had transpired during the Duke's absence.

He started from the seventh successor's inauguration festival ceremony in the Myrain Viscounty, detailing the strategic perimeter hunt within the Jeju Forest, the unexpected ambush executed by five high-tier Rankers, and the dramatic trial that led to the Seventh Successor breaking through his limits and ascending into the class of a Sword Runner.

Finally, Ser Loras brought up the most critical detail—that Craig himself had formally dispatched an official report attributing the assassination attempt to an elusive, fanatical organization calling itself Hydra.