The universe listened.
For a single, impossible moment, everything in existence yielded to a single will. The void creature did not merely slow down; it was not temporarily delayed or physically restrained. It froze. Reality itself accepted Orion's spoken command as absolute, immutable law.
An oppressive silence dominated the battlefield.
The broken sky stopped its violent expansion, the colossal black pillar ceased its upward growth, and the jagged fragments of shattered space hanging throughout the heavens became perfectly motionless.
The effect lasted exactly three seconds.
Then, Orion felt something tear deep within his soul. An excruciating agony exploded through his body—not a physical wound or a standard spiritual backlash, but a fundamental tearing of his very existence. *The King's Right* was actively consuming him from the inside out.
◈ AUTHORITY OVERLOAD ◈
*Current Authority Usage: 4,382% Above Safe Limit*
*Recommendation: Stop Being Stupid.*
◈ ◈ ◈
