At the imperial palace of the Losaris Imperial Family, the atmosphere was tense and grim. In front of the second prince, who wore a dark expression, lay Marquess Xavier, seemingly on the verge of death. He remained unconscious, his condition worsening as his cultivation continued to drop. Once powerful, his cultivation had already fallen to the duke stage and was still deteriorating.
His guardian knight knelt before Wilmar, delivering a report on the failed negotiation. The news cast a heavy silence over the room, turning the expressions of the second prince and everyone present grim.
"We were too careless. I thought that by giving him a high-grade artifact, he would come to us out of a sense of superiority and courtesy, acknowledging our sincerity. But he is more decisive and principled than I expected," Grand Duke Donovan said.
