Enough time had passed since Rui's battle that many began to lose hope as to whether they would even find him at all. They had hoped to find him the very day that he had been kidnapped.
If not the very day, then they hoped to find him within forty-eight hours.
Then, within three days.
Then, within a week.
Then, within ten days.
And now, two weeks had passed since his battle, and Rui was nowhere to be found.
"We have completed a rigorous surveillance sweep through data gathered through the backdoors in the light elven flora network," she replied with a more measured tone as she made her report to Emperor Rael. "We have not yet found any trace of Prince Rui Quarrier. However, we are confident that the light elves are also in the exact same position and have yet to discover him despite searching for him for two weeks themselves."
