Chapter 54: The Final War, The Overlord's Advent

The air within the Norman family's ancestral estate was unnaturally still, heavy with a murderous intent that seemed to seep from the very stones. It was a cold, calculated silence, the kind that precedes a cataclysm. At the heart of the main courtyard, Cloud Norman, Foster Norman, and Ronan Linnit stood like three statues of vengeance, their eyes fixed on the grand entrance. Around them, the ground was etched with a complex web of crimson and gold lines, pulsing with a terrifying energy. This...