Chapter 582 - The wardens

The two figures before the iron doors came into clearer view as Zero and Lilith crept closer through the dim corridor. They were nothing like the lesser guards patrolling the upper halls. These were elites—wardens chosen for both their unyielding loyalty and their overwhelming strength. Even at a distance, their presence pressed like an unseen weight on the chest, the kind of aura that made breathing shallow and every step heavier.