(Onboard The Destroyer Battleship, Raymond's POV)
"Expected arrival time outside the skies of Juxta is 29 minutes 40 seconds, Lord Raymond," the Lieutenant reported, his voice taut with duty.
Raymond gave a slow nod, his fingers drumming lightly against the armrest of his command chair as he stared out into the endless sweep of space.
In his mind, he was marching toward a grave already dug, the kind of death he had quietly accepted the moment this campaign began.
Yet, for the sake of his family's honor, he kept a calm face and led his men with a charm befitting the son of the Eternal Sovereign.
Slowly, as the minutes passed, the pink arc of Juxta's planetary barrier kept growing larger and larger on the viewing pane, until the entire planet filled the battleship's front window.
'Anytime now…. Soron should appear anytime now…'
Raymond thought, as his pulse quickened despite himself.
