Chapter 1053: Those Who Defy Orders Will Be Tried for Treason!

Gah! In that instant, it was as if every throat in the room had been clamped shut. The entire hall fell into a deathly silence. One face after another slowly shifted from rage to sheer, bone-deep terror. For a heartbeat, no one dared believe what they had just heard. Tacito Temple… was the Blood Prison King? Boom! When it finally sank in, the crowd jolted as if struck by lightning. Panic drained the color from their faces until they were ghost-white. No… no way! Wasn't Tacito Temple that...