Chapter 202: The Grandmaster's Arrival

The storm that broke over Haldestat arrived not with thunder and lightning, but with the silent, suffocating pressure of a descending god. It began at the city’s private airfield, where a lone Gulfstream jet touched down, its engines whining to a halt in the crisp morning air. The moment the cabin door opened, the very atmosphere seemed to congeal. An old man descended the steps. He was dressed in a simple, high-collared tunic of dark grey silk, his hair a pristine silver, and his face a mask...