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The capital of the Denian Kingdom buzzed with restless movement. People hurried through its streets with strange devices in their arms, scattering in every direction across the city. Some carried metal frames, others hauled coils of cable or bundles of crystal-lined components.
“Move quickly!” a sharp voice called from an elevated platform. “Everything must be in place before nightfall.”
Swordmaster Maximus stood above them, watching over the work. His presence alone carried weight, and when a famous Swordmaster shouted, people responded. The workers redoubled their efforts and began to move even faster.
Someone approached to stand at his side.
“How is it going?” the newcomer asked.
“You have come, Your Majesty Barbosa,” Maximus said as he dipped his head respectfully.
Barbosa, King of Denian, stroked his beard as he surveyed the capital from the platform.
“How far along are we?” he asked Maximus.
“We are nearing completion,” Maximus replied.
Across the capital, teams were installing devices in carefully mapped-out locations. Streetlamps went up one by one along the roads, and in the exact center of the city, a massive tower-like structure rose toward the sky, its frame still ringed with scaffolding.
A little above the ground, in midair, long lines of cable were strung out from the tower, stretching away in all directions as if to bind the entire capital together.
Maximus...
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