Chapter 453: The Nine Dragons Return, The Vow of the Covenant

The weight of the Great Elder's words settled not as a burden upon Payne Zimmerman, but as a key unlocking the final chamber of his purpose. Revenge was a personal fire; safeguarding a world was a celestial mandate. The path laid by his parents, once shrouded in mystery and sorrow, was now illuminated with the stark clarity of destiny. His first move was not towards the global stage, but inwards, to the heart of Daxia. A rot, if left to fester, could collapse the strongest fortress from within....