*****Mistress Ayra’s subordinates, once disdainful and mocking of Xavier, now trembled in absolute horror. They had mocked him as a lunatic. They’d whispered amongst themselves, calling him a madman, a nobody, just some bold idiot, foolish enough to challenge power he didn’t understand.And now?Now their eyes were wide with despair, and their knees were weak from terror.‘We schemed against an A-rank fighter!’‘We are finished!’‘He will destroy us!’‘He will destroy our entire Nightshadow force.…Back at the heart of the estate…Xavier remained still.He hadn’t moved a single step nor lifted a single finger.The silence was no longer tense… it was suffocating.Every breath felt like it carried razors.And then, Xavier slowly stretched his arms above his head, a casual, almost lazy expression on his face. His voice came next, low and indifferent.“If you say so.”That was it. Just four words.But those four words were like thunder in a silent storm.'He didn’t den

*****If the Sky family understood that they had orchestrated this clash of monsters, this war between gods… if they understood they were the reason behind the commotion in the city, behind the fight of two A-rank entities…They would have dropped dead where they stood.No scream. No final words. Just death—from pure, undiluted fear.They would have also died from regret to realize their in-law had been such an entity, an entity able to turn their family into the strongest and number one in the entire county.They would have regretted how they had treated him and smacked themselves for not accepting him.But for now, ignorance preserved their sanity.“Back in your rooms. Now,” the old man commanded suddenly, his voice firm and strict.They obeyed like frightened children, daring not to look back.It felt as though lingering there for even a second longer might attract the gaze of those god-like monsters clashing in the heavens.With their faces pale and legs almost buckling

*****An ominous stillness swept over the onlookers like a thundercloud crashing into a funeral. Their faces turned ghostly white, each one drained of color as if their very breath had been stolen from their lungs. The words Mordek had just spoken landed like a hammer on glass.Sage Myron, Lyria, Cassandra, Malcolm, Ellen, the ghastly injured guards, the elite six of the Nightshadow Force, and even the usually carefree Little Lola… all froze.To begin with, they hadn’t known what to expect from Xavier and Bloodfang Viper’s fight. No one had predicted who the victor of the battle would be. After all, battles between A-rank titans were the stuff of legend, not something ordinary people usually witnessed.Before the calm, the clash between the two men had been too fast, too ferocious, and nothing but bursts of blinding light, shockwaves of monstrous aura, and thunderous impacts that made the air itself scream.But now… the aftermath was here. And what they saw and heard made several

*****"But if you don’t hand over the Everdusk Bloom..." Bloodfang Viper hissed, his eyes glowing with sadistic fervor, "Not only will I annihilate you, I’ll erase every soul you hold dear. I’ll reduce your home to cinders. I’ll make your bloodline a forgotten echo in history. And I’ll make them wail until their voices crack... while you’re forced to watch. Then I’ll kill you… and bathe this city in carnage. I’ll tear down every building, snuff out every life, and dance in the ashes of what used to be civilization.”A cold chill cascaded through the air, and everyone trembled all over.Even Xavier’s composure cracked for a moment, his expression faltering.At a distance away, even Morderk stood petrified.A collective gasp escaped the onlookers, a shudder rippling down their spines like ice water.‘What in the name of heaven…’‘This person… he’s not human.’‘He is a monster… no, a demon clothed in flesh.’‘Just how evil can a human being be?’Staring at Bloodfang Viper now…

*****A deathly silence had descended upon the Myron estate.Not the peaceful kind, but the type so thick and suffocating, it seemed to press down on every chest like a boulder.It was the kind of silence where you could hear the blood rushing through your veins… the frantic beating of your own heart… the crawl of an insect in the grass… even the whisper of a falling pin crashing into the floor like thunder.Yet strangely, no one moved.No one even breathed.It wasn’t because they didn’t want to.It was because they couldn’t.They were frozen… utterly and completely paralyzed by what they had just heard.The battered guards, the trembling Myron family members, the Nightshadow Force agents, Morderk with his cold, arrogant, and excited smirk, even the fearsome and sadistic Bloodfang Viper himself… all stood motionless.Even Mistress Ayra, who had paused in the shadows earlier after hearing Bloodfang Viper's chilling threats, remained completely still. Her mouth was agape, her