The messages brought by the Stone Beast grew more desperate one after the other.
Sometimes, the Central King couldn't help but wonder if there was a communication breakdown between her and the Stone Beast, or if the Stone Beast had fallen under the control of Earth's humans.
Why, in just twelve days, had the beautiful and splendid Four Seasons Star been manhandled like a flower?
The night was about to end, and sunlight spread across the Earth; she remembered a morning ride with her father during training, her father pointing to the sunrise in the distance, saying, "Child, look, the Stone Beasts are washing their faces with the sunlight."
She tilted her face upwards, letting the sun cleanse her cheeks, and the wind dry them.
May wind and light bless and protect me, protect Four—
A powerful force gripped her arm, and the Central King opened her eyes, pulled into a crevice beside her was the Guard Captain, pressed against the rock wall, his body tense as rock.
