[Author's Note: The following chapter contains mature R-18 themes. Reader discretion is advised.]
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Chapter 124: The Heat of the War Room
The heavy steel doors of the War Room clicked shut with a final, resonant thud.
Rolf, Kaelith, and Lysandra immediately understood the raw and primal urgency of the situation. Without a single word, they stepped out into the dark hallway to stand guard.
They were loyal apex predators, and they knew when their Sovereign required absolute privacy to tame his own internal chaos.
They left Nyssa and Anise alone with me in the center of the tactical map room.
The chaotic purple mana pouring from my body was incredibly thick. It felt exactly like standing inside a burning furnace.
The volatile C Grade Incubus energy I had absorbed from Valerius Thorne was actively trying to rewrite my soul, turning my blood into a boiling cocktail of psychic torment.
