Chapter 204: The Awakening of the Dragonborn

The grand hall of the Byrne estate had become a crucible. The air itself seemed to groan under the weight of the Patriarch’s power, a crushing pressure that sought to grind Fabian’s bones to dust. A crimson mist, thick with the scent of iron and ozone, bled from Byrne’s pores, coiling around him like a shroud of malevolent energy. "This is the end of the line, boy," Byrne rasped, his voice distorted, echoing with a power that was not entirely his own. His skin, once merely aged, was now...