Back on Adeide, Aric, was standing by his horse on a hill nearby, watching the sun, as he cleaned his sword, he looks at a dent on the sword.

  "I promised that I'll find them, and I will"

  And then, Aric stood up, he guided his horse by a lead, and back to the stable, getting there, he found a woman holding a bucket by the handle, using two hands.

  Aric, looks down at the ground as he walks by her, guiding his horse into the stable.

  "I know I shouldn't ask, but... How much more are you going to take..."

  Aric stayed silent, he knew he couldn't answer

  "I didn't expect much from you, just atleast find their bodies, that's all I ask of you"

  "I'm sorry, but... You know how things are, I've promised that I'd find them, but... I'm the st of my kind... They try to use me by all costs"

  "I just want to see my son and husband one st time, even if they're just ashes"

  The woman said, her tears already flowing, as she tries to wipe them off, Aric just couldn't look her in the eyes, he knew he promised her, but his current state just couldn't let him.

  "it's been 4 years now, every day, I walk my horse, hoping to see them in the distance, and not just them, everyone from that squad, I knew you probably don't believe me anymore, but they're still alive... Trust me..."

  The woman continued crying, her tears flowing even more, Aric couldn't comfort her, it was the wife of his best friend, but he couldn't.

  A young knight, stood by.

  "knight Aric, the king calls for you"

  Aric nodded, signaling for the young knight to go away, as he walked out of the stable, he stopped once, just to look at the woman again.

  "don't dwell on it too much, I'll find them"

  The woman hearing that, those same words, she heard them a million times at this point, but she knew she atleast had to trust him, even if it's just with a trust worth dust.

  Aric walked through the town, his cape swaying in the air, everyone knew him, who he was, but no one knew what he went through, some gave him eyes of sympathy, and some of admiration. He finally reached the town center, where the king's humble house was, it was a wooden house, humble for a king like him.

  He used his arms to push the big heavy doors open, as he walked through the house. He reached the room for warriors, entering there, he found other knights, it's clear they're not from this town, their armor was a dark red color, painted probably. He stood at one end of the table, as the king stood on the other, while the other knights where in each side. He looked at the king, with gaze that could pierce through walls.

  "and here he is, knight Aric, the st of the honored ones, our strongest soldier" said the king.

  "why'd you call me, your majesty"

  "you see, our friends here, from Daegal, say that the giants, which we all know are no more, are still alive."

  "they are alive, you just don't want to believe it"

  "foolishness, you of all people should know, that the giants are dead"

  "maybe, but I know the truth, the giants are alive, they just don't want to show it, they're in a deep slumber"

  "how do you know"

  "4 years ago, when we went on that scouting mission, us, knights of honor, we found them, we had to blow in a horn, there were two horns. but we chose wrong, the wrong horn, it was one that woke them up with anger, they trampled on us"

  "you're clearly stupid, the giants are no more, we all know, this, is just a fake story, that you tell us, because you don't want to tell us how your friends died, you don't want to admit you were weak"

  Aric, still looking at the king with those same eyes, didn't care about his opinion, he looked at the knights of Daegal

  "meet me at the training grounds, I'll expin"

  And with that, the other knights left the room, as they headed to said training grounds, Aric was left alone with the king

  "listen here you dumb piece of shit, I don't care if you're my king or not, I swore to find my fellow knights, it's been 4 years, yet here I am, still looking for them, through my 30 years of life, you're the worst royal I've ever seen"

  "better hold your mouth or you'll be beheaded"

  "don't say words that are bigger than your mouth, you know you can't, because without me, Adeide is nothing, why? Because I'm the only one who can still use magic, but I don't use it, why? Because my dumbass king here, says magic is for weaklings"

  "and it is"

  "you know one day, those civilians will revolt on you, and I'll be their leader, and when that day comes, I'll make sure to use my magic to kill your ass"

  And with that, Aric left the room, and the the house, fuming and relieved that he finally let those words out of his mouth, now all that was left. Now all that was left, was to convince the civilians to revolt against him, but not yet, he had some other things he had to take care of.