Chapter 553: The King's Return

The world operates on two levels: the one seen in the light of day, and the one that thrives in the shadows. When Griffin Castle burned, it was the shadow world that first felt the heat. The news did not break; it detonated. It was a seismic shockwave that ripped through the encrypted networks and whispered channels of the global underground. From the opulent penthouses of European arms dealers to the hidden dojos of Asian assassins, the message was the same, repeated in a hundred languages...