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Chapter 31 - Chapter 31: The Roasting

"Acknowledge, Advocate Grams... to what specific coordinates has your cognitive focus deployed?"

That acoustic signature, flowing with bone-cleaving serenity and absolute glacial frost, violently shattered Roman's protracted, paralyzing stupor. The premier advocate suffered a massive, convulsive jolt upon the exorbitant leather, physically registering exactly as if his sovereign soul had been aggressively, forcefully hauled back into the physical perimeter of VVIP Vault Number 3. His optical receptors executed rapid, panicked blinks, and precisely at that temporal microsecond, his olfactory architecture was brutally assaulted by a highly concentrated, putrid anomaly.

The caustic stench of combustion.

The abrasive, highly toxic aroma of incinerated, charred meat aggressively permeated the ether, actively suffocating the ambient oxygen hovering above the alabaster timber partitioning them. Thick, wispy plumes of ashen-gray smoke billowed aggressively from the gold-plated culinary grill integrated flawlessly into the epicenter of the table.

"Gods of the abyss! I beg your absolute forgiveness... I beg your infinite, absolute forgiveness, Young Master!" Roman shrieked, entirely consumed by feral panic. His digits vibrated with violent, uncontrollable tremors as they aggressively snatched the heavy metallic tongs anchored to the flank of the table.

"I suffered a catastrophic cognitive failure regarding the rotation protocol. My tactical focus... gods, the apocalyptic tonnage currently crushing my cranium tonight was so mathematically massive, I entirely failed to maintain surveillance, actively permitting this exorbitant wagyu to suffer total incineration upon the iron. The stench is putrid... I beg forgiveness for this catastrophic negligence."

Whilst continuously vomiting a torrential stream of pathetic, wretched apologies, Roman frantically manipulated the tongs, aggressively executing the extraction of the biological tissue that had catastrophically mutated into pitch-black, charred husks functionally identical to industrial charcoal. He violently discarded the ruined mass onto a soiled porcelain platter anchoring the corner of the timber, his hands continuing to project subtle, erratic tremors.

The caustic, putrid stench of the incinerated flesh inexplicably, violently triggered his nausea—registering exactly as if his subconscious architecture were actively intercepting the identical, blood-soaked aroma of biological termination from vastly distinct geographical coordinates.

Executing frantic, ragged pulls of oxygen, the advocate aggressively deployed fresh, uncorrupted slabs of biological tissue onto the super-heated iron. The sharp, abrasive hiss of rendered fat violently colliding with blistering metal recommenced.

The Young Master absolutely refused to deploy a microscopic fraction of a reaction to that pathetic display of feral panic. He exclusively maintained an unbroken, dead optical lock upon the fresh tissue as it sluggishly, methodically initiated its thermal mutation, maintaining a slow, mechanical rotation of his crystal vessel submerged within a suffocating, terrifying silence.

Abruptly, the sharp, concussive acoustic signature of three heavy, highly rhythmic kinetic strikes echoed from the primary threshold.

Glenn—the middle-aged operative possessing a visage forged of unyielding granite, who had previously maintained a paralyzed, statuesque posture within the deepest corner of the shadows—instantaneously initiated a silent, frictionless kinetic advance. He closed the distance to the heavy mahogany steel door and executed a slow, methodical breach.

A bone-cleavingly glacial draft actively bleeding from the exterior corridor executed an immediate, violent incursion, physically hauling an apocalyptic, gargantuan silhouette that instantaneously, violently vacuumed the absolute entirety of the gravitational mass from the vault.

Roman elevated his optical focus from the culinary grill, and his eyes instantaneously dilated to their absolute, maximum biological limits. The advocate's cardiac muscle seemingly suffered a total, catastrophic halt within his chest cavity.

The biological entity who had just executed his breach into the perimeter was a sovereign silhouette he possessed intimate, high-definition comprehension of, derived explicitly from the covers of apex-tier economic intelligence briefs and the highly classified, blood-soaked corridors of Palace supremacy. This was Duke Randar—the absolute, tyrannical lord paramount governing the sovereign territory of Mount Rhagas, definitively classified as one of the gargantuan, monolithic pillars anchoring the Kingdom of Carta.

Projecting a violent, architectural contrast to the pedestrian, heavily ornamented Palace aristocracy who obsessively prioritized exorbitant aesthetics, Randar aggressively radiated the highly lethal, dual aura of an apex-tier mercantile leviathan flawlessly amalgamated with a feral, blood-soaked apex predator of the subterranean thoroughfares.

Godric Randar's aesthetic deployment tonight registered astronomically far removed from sanitized, formal protocols. He was armored in a pitch-black, exorbitant bespoke suit, yet the interior silken garment was deliberately, arrogantly unfastened across the three uppermost vectors, aggressively exposing his heavily muscled, granite-hard chest cavity.

His hair was cropped with military precision, radiating a stark, glacial silver-white, flawlessly synchronizing with a highly trimmed beard and mustache bearing the identical, highly oxidized hue—projecting a terrifyingly accurate aesthetic parallel to Glenn's physical profile.

However, operating in violent contrast to Glenn's highly calibrated, flawlessly proportional biomechanics, Godric's physical architecture registered as astronomically more massive. His biological frame was grotesquely hyper-muscled, densely compacted, and heavily saturated with thick, coiled sinew that seemingly hovered upon the absolute precipice of violently shredding the reinforced stitching of his bespoke tailoring at any given microsecond.

Godric executed his advance radiating a boundless, tyrannical majesty that traditionally possessed the required kinetic force to mandate sovereign Ministers to collapse to their knees. However, the subsequent sequence of events absolutely, catastrophically pulverized the final, residual fragments of rational logic entombed within Roman's skull.

The gargantuan, monolithic Duke entirely, absolutely disregarded Roman's physical existence. He maintained a direct, unbroken vector directly toward the timber, executing a flawless halt at a highly calculated, submissive distance, prior to bowing his arrogant, sovereign cranium infinitely deep toward the youth who maintained a seated posture presenting his spine to the leviathan.

"I beg your absolute forgiveness for the temporal delay regarding my deployment, Young Master," Godric articulated. His heavy, hoarse baritone vibrated violently, heavily saturated with absolute, bone-cleaving reverence and pure, unadulterated, wretched submission. "The logistical parameters concerning the tactical re-routing at the sovereign border demanded a vastly more protracted temporal window than mathematically projected."

The heavy silver implement secured within Roman's grip suffered a catastrophic release, generating a sharp clink as it impacted the timber.

The advocate's jaw slacked open by a microscopic fraction, his respirations suffering a total, violent arrest. His feral, dilated eyes locked dead onto Godric Randar, prior to violently snapping toward the serene silhouette of the youth anchoring his front. His highly calibrated intellect suffered a catastrophic, apocalyptic detonation. This specific entity was mathematically verified as Duke Randar!

The absolute, tyrannical lord paramount holding sovereign dominion over the multi-trillion-Carsius mega-infrastructure itself! The apex-tier political monster universally feared by the supreme sovereign! And that gargantuan leviathan had just executed a submissive bow... formally articulating the moniker Young Master toward the youth anchoring his front?!

An apocalyptic, astronomically devastating shock violently impacted Roman, pulverizing his central nervous system down to its foundational roots. If a sovereign, apex-tier Duke possessing the gargantuan mass of Godric Randar executed a submissive bow registering identically to a pedestrian domestic servant before this youth, what specific, terrifying classification of entity was Roman currently physically confronting?

Had he just successfully executed the permanent transaction of his sovereign soul absolutely not to a biological human entity, but rather directly to the supreme architect of the abyss itself?

Entirely disregarding the suffocating, apocalyptic tension that had been actively asphyxiating the VVIP vault, the silver-haired leviathan executed a highly casual, lackadaisical kinetic advance and violently hurled his gargantuan physical mass directly onto the exorbitant velvet of the sofa, anchoring precisely adjacent to Roman. The sharp, agonizing acoustic shriek of the heavy steel springs violently protesting echoed into the ether, catastrophically overwhelmed by the mandate to support his massive, hyper-muscled tonnage.

Godric subsequently elevated his cranium, executing a massive, voluminous inhalation exclusively through his nasal cavity, actively gorgeing upon the ambient oxygen that remained heavily saturated with the caustic, putrid stench of incineration.

"Astronomically exquisite," the Duke articulated his praise, his heavy baritone rumbling into the ether. He rotated his cranium toward Roman, deploying a wide, feral smirk that aggressively exposed his heavily blunted teeth. "This mathematically registers as the absolute most breathtaking aroma of roasted tissue my olfactory receptors have acquired this entire nocturnal cycle, Advocate Grams. The scent profile is profoundly intoxicating and astronomically fragrant! Hahaha!"

Anchored adjacent to the leviathan, Roman's physical architecture locked into rigid, paralyzed granite. His cardiac muscle executed a brutal, frenetic rhythm violently impacting his ribcage—thump... thump... thump...—operating in perfect synchronization with the glacial, freezing sweat that recommenced its torrential hemorrhage down his temples. Roman's hand, which maintained a desperate grip upon the heavy metallic tongs, projected subtle, highly erratic tremors.

'Gods of the abyss,' Roman cursed violently within his skull, his highly calibrated sanity hovering upon the absolute precipice of a total, catastrophic snap when confronted by this apocalyptic absurdity. 'What specific, psychotic operational parameters govern the olfactory architecture of this monster? The absolute entirety of this vault unequivocally reeks of incinerated biological tissue and pitch-black charcoal, yet he casually articulates the mathematical deduction that this is a fragrant, exquisite aroma?!'

The microscopic hairs anchoring the nape of Roman's neck executed a violent, rigid stand.

He abruptly suffered a terrifying, apocalyptic epiphany regarding a highly specific metaphor: factoring the psychological architecture of a cannibalistic, apex-tier political predator possessing the sovereign mass of Godric Randar, the caustic stench of "incineration" and apocalyptic ruin likely genuinely registered as his absolute, most preferred, bespoke aromatic profile. Roman possessed the absolute, undeniable visceral reality that he was currently, physically wedged within a highly confined, reinforced cage alongside feral, psychotic monsters.

Whilst maintaining his feral, blood-soaked smirk, Godric executed a tactical shift of his optical focus from the culinary grill directly toward the serene silhouette of the youth anchoring the opposing flank. He executed a rapid, highly truncated visual sweep of the exorbitant, diamond-encrusted gold chronometer heavily strapped to his thick wrist. The sequential timeline currently projected the exact coordinate of 05:25 AM.

"A profound tragedy, I am mandated to endure a temporal delay exceeding twenty minutes relative to the official interrogation schedule of that pathetic bastard," Randar articulated, his tone heavily saturated with a fabricated, highly sarcastic regret, explicitly referencing Marcus's mandated inquisitorial block at the constabulary headquarters, mathematically scheduled to commence precisely at 05:00 hours. The Duke's eyes flashed with a razor-sharp, lethal intensity beneath the gloomy luminescence, aggressively radiating pure, blood-soaked anticipation.

"I was mandated to execute total, localized sanitation protocols regarding several microscopic parasites anchoring the border. I harbor the profound, absolute expectation of acquiring highly joyous, apocalyptic intelligence this night, Young Master."

Originating from the pitch-black shadows anchoring his throne, Roman possessed the optical capability to acquire visual verification of the corners of the Young Master's lips executing a sluggish, methodical upward pull. A razor-thin, bone-cleavingly lethal smile flawlessly bloomed upon the youth's visage, a smile possessing sufficient kinetic aura to seemingly plunge the ambient thermal state of the vault down to absolute cryogenic freeze.

"That specific intelligence vector shall execute its arrival momentarily, Lord Randar," the youth retaliated. His tenor flowed with absolute, terrifying serenity, registering anomalously, psychotically relaxed for a biological entity actively executing a verbal negotiation regarding the mortal destiny of a sovereign kingdom. He recommenced the sluggish, methodical mechanical rotation of the golden fluid entombed within his crystal vessel. "Prior to... the velvet cushions supporting your mass achieving a localized thermal equalization, you shall be absolutely, flawlessly satiated."

Intercepting that absolute, ironclad guarantee bleeding from the youth's lips, Godric instantaneously, violently threw his cranium backward.

"BWAHAHAHAHA!"

A roaring, feral, and deafeningly brutal barrage of heavy laughter violently detonated from the trachea of the gargantuan Duke. The acoustic signature was astronomically loud, possessing sufficient kinetic force to violently vibrate the porcelain vessels anchored to the timber, aggressively, brutally ricocheting against the heavily soundproofed masonry of VVIP Vault Number 3. His roaring laughter was heavily saturated with pure, unadulterated victory, a boundless arrogance entirely untouchable by sovereign law, and absolute, tyrannical cruelty.

Anchored within the darkest corner of the sofa, Roman possessed zero capability beyond bowing his optical focus directly toward the rendering bovine fat sputtering upon the grill, actively suppressing his respirations whilst violently acknowledging the visceral reality that the epicenter of hell itself had successfully executed a geographic relocation to the capital this night.

Godric's feral, deafeningly brutal laughter continued its aggressive ricochet against the masonry of VVIP Vault Number 3 precisely when a highly aggressive, high-frequency mechanical vibration abruptly violently shredded the absolute final, microscopic dregs of Roman Grams's highly calibrated sanity.

Bzzzt...

Bzzzt...

Bzzzt...

The encrypted device entombed within the interior pocket of his exorbitant bespoke suit executed a wild, frantic vibration, registering identically to a high-voltage electrical shock violently discharged directly against his ribcage. Roman suffered a massive, convulsive startle. Utilizing biomechanical movements that registered as profoundly uncoordinated, his digits vibrating with violent, uncontrollable tremors, he aggressively plunged his hand into the pocket. The glass display violently strobed to life, actively projecting the alphanumeric identifier of his primary executive attaché.

Roman swallowed a highly toxic lump that registered identically to pulverized, heavily oxidized silica glass. He elevated his corpse-pale, heavily sweating visage, executing frantic, rapid visual sweeps oscillating between the leviathan Randar and the serene Young Master, his optical focus radiating the wretched, pathetic aura of a heavily hunted, cornered animal bleeding out upon a cliff.

"I... I beg your absolute forgiveness... I beg your infinite, absolute forgiveness, Lords," Roman stammered, his vocal register dropping into a pathetic, wretched squeak while suffocating beneath the apex-predator glares saturating the chamber. He executed a partial, highly uncoordinated elevation from the sofa, executing a clumsy, panicked bow. "This specific uplink... this originates from my primary executive attaché stationed at the syndicate. There undeniably exists a catastrophic, apex-tier operational emergency. P-permit me to execute a highly truncated extraction to the corridor to intercept—"

"Anchor your mass, Advocate Grams."

Those four specific syllables sluggishly bled from the lips of the Young Master. Serene, registering identically to the flawless surface of a flash-frozen glacial lake, yet possessing sufficient kinetic velocity to violently amputate Roman's syntax as cleanly as a razor-sharp executioner's blade. The youth absolutely refused to execute a rotation of his cranium, his optical focus maintaining absolute, unbroken lockdown upon the rendering fat sputtering upon the iron. "Execute the interception protocol within these coordinates. And mandate the immediate activation of the external acoustic broadcaster."

The directive was absolute, tyrannical law. The skeletal architecture supporting Roman's legs instantaneously suffered a catastrophic failure. He was violently, physically hurled back onto the velvet upholstery, his biological frame vibrating with violent tremors. There existed absolutely zero extraction vectors. Utilizing digits that had locked into rigid, freezing claws saturated with glacial sweat, Roman depressed the green engagement node upon the glass, subsequently activating the loudspeaker icon.

Click.

"M-Master Grams?! Acknowledge?! Roman, do you hold this vector?!"

The high-frequency, shrieking vocal register of his executive attaché instantaneously violently detonated, entirely filling the suffocatingly silent VVIP vault. The female acoustic signature bleeding from the opposing node registered as apocalyptically hysterical, heavily punctuated by choked, wretched sobs and frantic, ragged pulls of oxygen, projecting the exact aesthetic of an entity who had just executed a high-velocity marathon sprint to evade a kinetic execution.

Bleeding through the background audio of the uplink, the highly abrasive, chaotic noise of a broadcast terminal transmitting an apocalyptic emergency bulletin was faintly detectable.

"Affirmative, Anna... I-I currently hold the vector. Execute immediate de-escalation protocols, specify the exact operational anomaly?" Roman stammered, his syntax violently fractured, executing a terrified, rapid optical sweep toward Duke Randar, who was now actively leaning his massive torso forward, deploying a feral, blood-soaked smirk of absolute anticipation.

"Gods of the abyss, Master! Hell has just executed a total, catastrophic breach!" the attaché shrieked, her vocal cords vibrating with violent, uncontrollable tremors as she wretchedly mourned the apocalyptic terror she had just acquired visual verification of via the glass broadcast terminal.

"The Crownbelt Constabulary Headquarters... the primary monolith is currently undergoing active, violent combustion, Master! They are currently, actively broadcasting the localized cataclysm via a live optical feed this exact microsecond!"

Roman was instantaneously paralyzed into rigid granite, the blood actively circulating within his vascular system violently plunging down to his extremities.

"S-Specify the exact coordinates of combustion?" Roman shrieked.

"The primary evidentiary holding vaults, Master! The apex-tier, subterranean analog archives anchoring the foundational level have been catastrophically, totally incinerated into pulverized ash!" the attaché's wretched weeping violently fractured, her vocal signature escalating into pure, unadulterated, feral panic.

"The inferno achieved astronomical, apocalyptic mass and... and... intelligence confirms three junior constabulary inquisitors suffered biological termination, roasted alive within the interior perimeter due to catastrophic quarantine lockdown! Gods above, Master Grams... the absolute entirety of the classified dossiers, the gargantuan mountains of seized archival boxes extracted from Lord Marcus's estate... totally, completely incinerated, absolutely zero microscopic fragments remain intact!"

Godric Randar executed a slow, methodical collapse, allowing his massive spine to heavily sink back into the velvet upholstery. He clamped his eyelids shut for a microscopic fraction of a second, actively, sensually absorbing that apocalyptic tactical sitrep exactly as if he were currently attending a flawless, breathtaking performance of the absolute most exquisite classical symphony.

"Furthermore, that absolutely does not constitute the entirety of the anomaly, Master Grams!" Anna's vocal signature escalated to a deafening, piercing shriek violently cleaving the hermetically sealed silence above the culinary grill, delivering the absolute, apocalyptic zenith of tonight's blood-soaked horror.

"At virtually the exact, identical temporal coordinate... Lord Marcus... our primary VIP client... Lord Marcus suffered a massive, catastrophic myocardial infarction within the maximum-security interrogation vault! He achieved total biological termination mere temporal minutes prior, Master! Lord Marcus has been permanently eradicated!"

VVIP Vault Number 3 instantaneously, violently plummeted into a suffocating, dead, and lethal silence. The absolute, exclusive acoustic signatures bleeding into the ether were Roman's frantic, ragged pulls of oxygen and the panicked, wretched sobs of his attaché emanating from the device's speaker.

Roman Grams, the apex-tier, demonic advocate who had previously harbored the psychotic delusion that he possessed absolute, tyrannical dominion over the sovereign law of Crownbelt, now locked a dead, vacant, optical stare directly onto the glass display of his device. A massive, apocalyptic vertigo violently assaulted his cranium.

His highly classified, desperate plea articulated a mere sixty temporal minutes prior violently reverberated within his auditory receptors identically to an inescapable, pitch-black curse: 'I harbor the absolute mandate that Marcus suffers biological termination... And I mandate that the absolute entirety of that gargantuan mountain of evidentiary artifacts is permanently, irrevocably erased into the void.'

He had actively begged for a highly corrupt, subterranean miracle explicitly to execute the salvation of his own cervical spine, yet the serene, terrifying entity anchoring his front had retaliated by deploying a flawlessly orchestrated, blood-soaked massacre. The apocalyptic scale of the cruelty, the blinding velocity of the kinetic execution, and the demonic, surgical precision of the synchronized, dual assassinations executed precisely within the beating heart of the constabulary headquarters were mathematically, absolutely beyond the cognitive parameters of mortal comprehension.

Anchored upon the opposing flank of the timber, the Young Master sluggishly, methodically elevated his crystal vessel containing the pitch-black fluid. He executed a microscopic, highly calculated tilt of the vessel directly toward Roman—a mute, dead-silent toast deployed precisely within the epicenter of the caustic stench of incinerated meat, operating exactly as if he were actively, formally celebrating the blood-soaked, apocalyptic masterpiece he had just flawlessly finalized.

Thud.

The ultra-thin, exorbitant gold-plated encrypted device slipped effortlessly from Roman Grams's grip, which currently registered as bone-cleavingly cold as a fresh corpse. It executed a low, muffled impact, falling directly onto the thick, woven carpeting anchoring the floorboards beneath the alabaster timber.

The advocate deployed absolutely zero kinetic effort to initiate a retrieval protocol. He absolutely failed to execute a singular, microscopic blink.

Roman's biological architecture suffered a catastrophic, rigid collapse, his frame slumping heavily against the velvet cushions, projecting the exact visual aesthetic of an entity whose absolute entirety of structural skeletal architecture had just been violently, forcefully ripped from his flesh.

His eyes dilated to their absolute maximum threshold, registering dead, vacant, and profoundly empty, locking a paralyzed stare toward the wispy plumes of thin smoke bleeding from the culinary grill, which was now aggressively purging an abrasive, caustic stench of burning. His jaw slacked open by a microscopic fraction, yet absolutely zero acoustic syllables possessed the kinetic capability to breach his flash-frozen vocal cords.

Deep within the fortified vault of his skull, the sovereign cosmos he had previously maintained tyrannical dominion over—the judicial tribunals, the highly classified legal loopholes, the pitch-black political lobbies, and his boundless, apex-tier arrogance functioning as an invincible, immortal advocate—had just suffered a catastrophic, total detonation, pulverized entirely flat, reduced to irradiated ash within a temporal window of less than sixty minutes. He had actively, desperately begged for a highly corrupt, subterranean miracle to execute the salvation of his sovereign career.

Yet the entity anchoring his front had absolutely not merely deployed a miracle; they had aggressively deployed a highly orchestrated, apocalyptic massacre, executed with demonic, surgical precision directly into the beating, armored heart of the enemy's primary fortification.

Three biological vessels belonging to junior constabulary operatives roasted to ash. A gargantuan, towering mountain of highly classified evidentiary dossiers catastrophically incinerated into microscopic dust. And the primary, apex-tier sovereign witness, his own VIP client, suffering biological termination catalyzed by a myocardial infarction within the absolute most highly fortified, maximum-security interrogation vault within Crownbelt.

The absolute entirety of the tactical variables achieving manifestation almost instantaneously synchronized. The absolute entirety achieving manifestation the exact, precise microsecond following his articulation of the desperate plea within this very chamber.

The apocalyptic scale of this cruelty and absolute, tyrannical supremacy genuinely, catastrophically pulverized the final, microscopic residual fragments of rational logic entombed within Roman's cerebral cortex. He suffered a terrifying, bone-cleaving epiphany, a realization saturated with pure, unadulterated horror: he was absolutely not currently engaged in a subterranean transaction with a biological human entity, but rather directly with an apex-tier monster.

Originating from beneath the timber, resting upon the woven carpeting, the panicked, hysterical acoustic signature of his attaché continued to violently cleave the suffocating, lethal silence of the vault via the loudspeaker node.

"M-Master Grams?! Roman?! Do you intercept my transmission?!"

The female acoustic signature violently shrieked with absolute, wretched despair, heavily amalgamated with the harsh, abrasive static bleed of the broadcast terminal actively transmitting the live, kinetic chaos from the primary courtyard of the constabulary headquarters.

"Acknowledge?! Master! I beg you to deploy a response! Specify the exact, mandated tactical protocol we are required to execute at this current juncture?! Our sovereign syndicate... the international media arrays have already initiated aggressive, high-frequency comms breaches! Master Grams... Acknowledge?! Acknowledge?!"

The frantic, panicked comms uplink maintained a continuous, unbroken echo, violently ricocheting against the heavily soundproofed, freezing masonry of VVIP Vault Number 3. Roman remained paralyzed as a gargoyle, entirely devoid of executing a singular kinetic twitch, projecting the exact aura of an entity whose sovereign soul had successfully, simultaneously incinerated alongside the gargantuan stacks of archival boxes within the subterranean constabulary vault.

Submerged amidst the deafening, static drone of Anna's frantic panic still violently bleeding from the device's speaker upon the carpeting, Roman's auditory receptors faintly, sluggishly intercepted the acoustic signature of a massive, voluminous exhalation deployed by the gargantuan leviathan anchoring his flank.

"Gods of the abyss..." Godric murmured. His heavy baritone resonated with profound, absolute serenity, actively purging a localized wave of pitch-black, intoxicating relief. The silver-haired leviathan allowed his massive spine to sink infinitely deeper into the velvet upholstery, operating exactly as if a gargantuan, multi-ton tonnage had just been successfully, surgically removed from his shoulders. "Intelligence confirms the operational theater achieved total sanitation vastly prior to the mandated temporal deadline."

Intercepting that flawless, guiltless cadence vomiting from the lips of the Duke, sluggishly, methodically—utilizing a cervical spine that currently registered as rigidly, painfully unyielding as heavily oxidized iron—Roman executed a slow rotation of his cranium toward Godric.

Precisely at that microscopic temporal second, deep within the fortified vault of the advocate's skull, the highly chaotic, heavily tangled crimson threads he had been desperately attempting to decipher abruptly, violently executed an autonomous, flawless architectural weaving. The fragmented, highly shattered variables comprising the apocalyptic Mount Rhagas mega-infrastructure manipulation puzzle, which he had been relentlessly attempting to mathematically resolve, finally achieved blinding, crystalline clarity.

The absolute, direct operational culpability of Godric Randar in the catastrophic, multi-trillion-Carsius capital embezzlement was mathematically verified to be absolutely no longer restricted to the parameters of subterranean rumor or pedestrian legal deduction. That ironclad fact now aggressively, violently slapped Roman directly across his visage.

Marcus was functionally nothing more than a pathetic, sacrificial pawn. A highly fragile, heavily manufactured vanguard explicitly deployed to violently absorb the absolute entirety of the kinetic, sovereign strikes. Whilst the authentic, subterranean monster who had actively, ravenously consumed the trillions in capital was currently anchored precisely adjacent to his flank, executing deep, relieved respirations exclusively because his sacrificial pawn had been permanently gagged, and the absolute entirety of the physical evidence detailing his blood-soaked sins had been flawlessly, catastrophically scorched from the earth.

And if Randar was mathematically verified as the primary, subterranean puppet master, then the enigmatic, serene youth anchoring the opposing flank of the timber... was an apex-tier entity operating infinitely above the parameters of absolute sovereign law, tyrannically dictating the mortal destinies of absolutely all of them.

Maintaining a biological state of semi-hypnosis induced by the apocalyptic horror of that visceral reality, Roman acquired visual verification of kinetic movement originating from the gargantuan appendage of the Duke. Godric leaned his massive torso forward, aggressively extending his thick, heavily vascularized forearm over the alabaster timber.

Executing highly methodical, chillingly serene biomechanics, Randar initiated the physical acquisition of the towering stacks of analog dossiers and highly classified duplicated parchment belonging to Roman, which were currently scattered in chaotic disarray adjacent to the culinary grill—the absolute final, microscopic surviving remnants of the pitch-black capital ledgers that Arthur had suffered a catastrophic failure to successfully seize.

Godric meticulously aggregated the scattered parchment, executing sharp, highly rhythmic strikes against the timber to achieve flawless alignment, subsequently executing a hard fold and prepping the artifact for physical extraction. He executed a sluggish rotation of his cranium toward Roman, locking a dead, unblinking stare straight into the advocate's eyes, which remained dilated with pure, apocalyptic horror.

The Duke's feral, blood-soaked smirk had entirely evaporated into the void, flawlessly usurped by a bone-cleaving, lethal, and freezing glare.

"I shall execute the physical extraction of these specific dossiers, Advocate Grams," Godric articulated, his heavy baritone aggressively echoing a highly concentrated, absolute, and apocalyptic threat. The leviathan executed a slow, methodical, and highly deliberate tap against Roman's shoulder, which was currently vibrating with violent, freezing tremors.

"Place your absolute, unshakeable faith in my transmission. If this specific artifact remains anchored within your operational perimeter following the ascension of the sun tomorrow... I harbor profound, apocalyptic fears that your sovereign soul shall execute an immediate, violent departure from your biological vessel."

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