His Majesty Dai Lin took a sip of wine to relieve his nervousness. He said slowly:

"I also grew up listening to the legends of Ashar in the Heart of the Forest and the Knights of Ashes, but Drustvar..."

The king frowned: "The mages of Dalaran have been there more than once. There are indeed some dark forces there that we haven't discovered yet."

"Yes, so I believe in fate, Your Majesty."

Cyrus put the heavy sword in his hand, picked up the wine glass and took a sip. In the sweetness of the wine, the veteran recalled his past.

"That was when I was a child. I was playing in the forest with a group of children. Although the adults kept warning us that there was darkness and witches hidden in the forest, children were not afraid of them, until I lost my footing and fell into a cave in the forest.

, there are all twisted corpses inside, and they don’t look like people who died normally at all. Your Majesty, you know that some people go missing in our place every year."

Dai Lin nodded, but said nothing. He was also attracted by the story of the great knight.

"I was so scared that I hid in the dark for maybe...well, a day and a night. I felt something in the dark. I didn't know whether to run or stay there and wait for rescue until

When I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it anymore, I mustered up the courage and ran towards the dark tunnel. I could feel that thing chasing me behind me! Even now, my scalp gets numb when I think of my childhood experience. It's true.

..."

"I thought I was going to die...until the moment I tried my best to break out of the darkness, I saw..."

The knight paused, probably because the memory was too thrilling. He took a big sip of wine and said to the king:

"I saw Asal, the heart of the forest! That sturdy stag, like the most magnificent god, came to me. It screamed into the darkness, waving its sword-like antlers, and it protected me...

.Since then, Your Majesty, I have known that fate does exist...and that it is all around us."

Cyrus stretched out his hand and lit the spar lamp. He looked at his master solemnly and said in a deep voice:

"But courage is equally important. Destiny is darkness and courage is candlelight. No matter how powerful the darkness is, it only needs a little fire to illuminate it completely."

Dai Lin looked at the spar lamp that dispersed the darkness. The light in his eyes slowly lit up. He took a sip of wine and nodded to Cyrus:

"I understand, Cyrus, thank you."

"It's enough time to rest, Cyrus, raise my flag... let's set sail and kill those green-skinned orcs!"
Chapter completed!