The atmosphere was heavy!
The assembled Living Existences were staring at Noah with expressions that ranged from controlled anger to calculated assessment.
His words were tyrannically heavy, forcing beings of immense power to confront their own hypocrisy!
Then, cutting through the charged atmosphere with absolute finality, came a single word.
"Disperse."
HUUM!
The command resonated with such overwhelming authority that Existence itself seemed to shiver in response.
Many present instantly recognized the voice as belonging to a terrifyingly powerful Honored Living Existence, but this time the source felt different.
It was not descending from the skies, but immediate and present.
Something already here.
They had never even sensed his approach!
Through the rapidly forming corridor of retreating figures strode a being whose very presence altered the fundamental nature of the space around him.
He was fully adorned in sleek silver armor that appeared forged from liquid starlight, each plate perfectly fitted while emanating waves of Living Spiritual Authority so pure they made the surrounding air shimmer.
His head was entirely covered by the same silver plating, shaped into the magnificent form of a bull. The craftsmanship was unfathomable, each curve designed to project both terrifying majesty and absolute regality!
In his hands, he carried a radiant cylindrical staff that pulsed with inner light.
All Living Existences quieted and began dispersing according to his command, their eyes reflecting shock.
A few among them clearly understood that an Honored Living Existence of this particular bearing was someone connected to...Royalty.
To the Royal Living Existences!
The armored figure’s attention settled upon Noah and Sigrid, but there was something peculiar in his focus.
He seemed to be entirely ignoring Sigrid, his gaze fixed upon Noah as if he were the only being present who truly mattered.
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The words entered their ears freely.
The bull-headed figure then tapped his cylindrical staff against the golden pathway, and existential light erupted around them.
The illumination wrapped around Noah first, then seemed to remember Sigrid as an afterthought, the light extending to encompass her a full second later.
As if she had been forgotten. As if she were nobody compared to Noah.
They disappeared in a flash of radiance that left afterimages burned into the observers!
The surroundings fell into immediate hush as the assembled Living Existences looked at each other. Silent communications began flowing between them.
Who the hell was that Fold Dweller?
"Find out everything you can on him," came whispered instructions. "Keep tabs, but be careful since a Royal Living Existence is involved! Likely a Royal Living Spirit!"
The commands spread through the crowd, each being understanding they had witnessed something that would require careful investigation!
The image of...Noah Osmont was burned into their minds like a brand!
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Across Concordia.
In its deeper corners!
There was...a tower among many towers.
The crystalline golden tower that served as their destination appeared unremarkable from the outside, its architecture following the same principles that governed most structures throughout Aeternitas Concordia.
But appearances were often carefully constructed lies in a place where power danced in patterns too complex for most minds to follow.
WAP!
Noah and Sigrid materialized within a white-gold hall whose dimensions seemed to shift.
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