Off to the side, Sigrid smiled and shook her head at the exchange between Noah and Titano.
Yet her amusement faded as her thoughts turned to Duke Gwendolyn and her recent actions. The betrayal of trust, the casual trading of loyalties…it left a bitter taste that wouldn't fade.
Her contemplation was shattered by a sound that made reality itself step back in recognition.
"ROAAAAR!"
The bellow echoed through the winding halls with force that created visible distortions in the paradoxical space. But more terrifying than the volume was how that single voice immediately multiplied, becoming five distinct roars that harmonized into something that challenged sanity itself.
The aura that followed made the air thick with wrongness…five Inevitabilities, each one radiating power equivalent to an Honored Living Existence, were rushing toward their position.
