Miki was standing in the middle of a field. Her body was covered in dark robes. I couldn’t see her face at all. The reason I knew it was her was because of the distinct tail sticking out the back of her robes, so much paler and more fragile than the other foxkin.

An army of animalkin made up of catkin and rabbitkin was racing toward her. This was probably part of King Roth’s plans. The rabbitkin wouldn’t hesitate to fight to defend their kingdom. Fighting alongside your common foe was a great way to breed unity. It had essentially been how I united the west in a single swift moment. All of those lords and ladies who had ignored me and my rank were now tied to us after we defeated the demon lord. Well, my death might have put a hamper on things, but they were probably too busy rebuilding their seats of power across the west to focus too much on what happened to Chalm.

I took a step forward, but then Alysia called out. “Wait!”

She looked down at the army of nearly five hundred men racing toward her on mounted crag cats. She didn’t appear frightened in the least. She casually raised her hand.

“Die.”

Her words were quiet, but they seemed to pierce through the air, filling it. She didn’t speak it like a threat. She wasn’t angry. Instead, it felt more like an order that had to be obeyed.

An aura erupted out from Miki, spreading out in a dome-like pattern. The first wave of crag cats reached, and the men barely let out screams as their bodies disintegrated. Within two steps they had gone from fully fleshed men and muscular mounts into only bones collapsing to the ground. There was a splash of dust that fell forward a bit, and then nothing.