Chapter 151 - CHAPTER 151: THE LIONS’ BANQUET AND THE ULTIMATE CHOICE

​The wrought-iron chandeliers, now retrofitted with conduits of magitech-electrical energy, cast a warm, steady white glow over the long teakwood table in the Dining Hall of Castle Iron Hearth. The air was thick with the rich, inviting aromas of sizzling lamb satay with thick, savory peanut sauce, steaming bowls of soto ayam infused with aromatic spices, and mounds of fluffy white rice that still sent wisps of steam upward. Under normal circumstances, such a feast would have triggered an insatiable appetite in anyone present; however, tonight, the atmosphere in the room felt as heavy and suffocating as lead.