Red Rock Pass.
The iron horse neighed softly, like a long-silent blade waiting to be drawn.
Over a hundred knights of the Broken Blade Knight Order stood in neat rows on the platform of the pass.
Their battle robes were no longer the deep blue of Frost Halberd City but had donned the custom-made red and blue cloaks of the Red Tide Territory, signifying they originated from Frost Halberd and were now loyal to Red Tide.
They were supposed to be stationed here as merely a "buffer point" of the Red Tide's northern defense.
But now, at last, they were about to embrace the opportunity to express their loyalty for the first time.
At the front of the formation, a rider stood in the wind.
It was Regi Olson, the deputy head of the Broken Blade Knight Order, formerly the youngest Extraordinary Knight of Frost Halberd City.
His silver hair lifted slightly in the dawn light, an ice-blue longsword resting across the saddle, restrained yet thunderous in aura.
