We Misunderstood It All!
James and the huge troop that followed him were on their way to another city after the thousand-man troop they had placed in the city.
This time the city they were going to was even further east of the empire. The city was quite large, the reason for this was that this city belonged to a duke.
It came as bad news to Cordelia that the duke had sacrificed his life just to let the people escape. It was terrible news, everyone knew the duke's power, he was the hero of the empire and all continents, he was almost three thousand years old, and in the eyes of the people he was an ancient being.
In the old times of the tower, the existence of qi was officially unknown, which was the reason why Desmond and the others were living in such bad conditions. It was the only reason Desmond needed the blood of Vladimir the Sun Vampire.