It was fatal, they said. The loss of Phoenix Gate and Rosaria itself, alongside countless lives — including that of Clive and Archduke Elwin.

"Quickly, make way!" A member of the Undying exclaimed, holding a barely breathing Joshua in his arms while coated in blood.

With no hesitation, the healers within the organization set to work on tending to the young boy — the heir to the ducal throne of Rosaria, and the Dominant of the Phoenix.

The boy should've been dead with those injuries.