Inside his study, Ragan sat with a complicated, astonished expression. In his hands were four sheets of paper, each containing a report on the destruction of the Halveran Capital.
"I never imagined something of this scale would befall the Holy Empire of Valtanir," he muttered, setting the documents aside and leaning back in his chair.
His gaze drifted blankly toward the ceiling as his mind sank into a sea of unease.
The news had come too suddenly—he could barely process it. After all, the Holy Empire of Valtanir was a formidable power, no weaker than his own empire.
And above all, they had the Singularity of Light as their protector.
That was why breaching the Holy Empire of Valtanir should have been impossible—unless the Singularity of Light was no longer present.
But that belief crumbled with the arrival of the news. Halveran—the last stronghold of the Holy Empire—had been completely annihilated, reduced to nothing.
