The royal palace was surrounded from all sides, making it quite impossible for King Robert, elder princess Anna, and the other nobles to escape. With no other choice, they had to use Derik's family members as hostages, in a bid to negotiate their safe passage out of the kingdom.
Shameless!
Totally shameless!!
Extremely shameless!!!
This dirty tactic infuriated everyone present! They all wished they could lunge forward and tear these people apart but none dared to make a move without the death mages consent to avoid complicating the matter.
Thud!
Thud!!
Thud!!!
A clear path was created as Derik and the new Kalos walked forward slowly as if they had the whole time in the world. When Derik arrived he simply scanned the place and confirmed everyone was present before speaking lazily