"Not long after, the rider academy sent word nominating me to be a flight trainer in White Dunes. Pray tell, what could I possibly know about flight better than the present flight trainer who is might I add...an actual dragon?" Neveah asked pointedly.
"Alright. We are going, then. If we aren't back after two hoursā¦ well, I am not going to lie, if something manages to kill me, then all of you will probably die soon, too. So, there's nothing much you'll be able to do at that point."
...But on the other hand, the idea of running away while monsters were devouring mundane humans and wreaking havoc in the real world simply rubbed him the wrong way. It seemed as though Sunny had somehow developed a bit of pride in the past year. He didn't want to run from the Nightmare Creatures and capitulate to the Spell. He might have even been infected with having moralsā¦
Humiliation, it was a form of mental torture that was most times more effective than physical torture and that was precisely what King Jian had chosen.