Blade of the forgotten king

Previously

…He disappeared back into the trees as silently as he had appeared, leaving me alone with the chilling realization that I was no longer just battling the wilderness and my own demons. I was now in a deadly contest with a king, a man whose ambition was a fire that threatened to consume everything in its path. The whispers of the forgotten king had led me to a precipice, and the shadow of Theron’s ambition loomed large, promising a confrontation that would test not only my courage, but the very core of my being. The quest for redemption had just become a fight for survival, and the blade, I suspected, was only the beginning of the true trial.