Overwhelming Odds

"Klaus, your friends need your help," his mom's voice reached his ear immediately after he came out of the training room.

"Mom, what's wrong?" Klaus asked, glancing at the flood of messages he had missed. He hasn't had time to check the messages since some of them are from his mother. All he needed was her name to know something was wrong, so he rushed out.

"There's an invasion in Arcadian City, and your friends are there fighting. You should go help them," his mother explained, her tone hasty and serious. Klaus could see she wasn't kidding. 

Even though she always advised him to avoid risks, she had come to accept that her son is now a warrior. His path was going to be fraught with danger, and rather than holding him back, she wanted to ensure he was prepared and knew how to handle such threats.