Sacco was still enduring.
His will was far stronger than any ordinary man's—like tempered steel forged in divine fire, unyielding to any psychic assault.
Yet, under the physical suppression of the domain's rules, his knees trembled uncontrollably.
His bones creaked with a sickening crack-crack-crack that made even onlookers grit their teeth.
He would rather have every bone in his body shatter—than kneel before the man who had destroyed everything he once believed in!
But Aurek's might, empowered by the Emperor's Dominion, was simply too overwhelming.
Even with his mind unbroken and spirit unyielding, Sacco could not resist the crushing weight—as if the full mass of an entire empire's lands and people were pressing down upon him!
Behind him, the blazing god of light—his divine avatar—flickered and dimmed rapidly beneath the dominion's suppression.
"Au—re—k!"
Sacco let out a guttural roar, like a dying beast howling in wrath and despair.
