"Hmph! How unfortunate, members of the Royal Family, you have come too late! Next, please become one with the great Divine in this endless darkness!"
With blood-red eyes watching the vigilant Royal Guardians, Marquis Winter, who had completely transformed into the ancient Draka form, let out a satisfying cold laugh.
Simultaneously, as his will shifted slightly, a cold and peculiar aura of a dark entity suddenly rose from him.
In this aura's embrace, Marquis Winter's posture began to distort; the initially smooth Draka skin became exceptionally rough and gloomy. The elongated neck bloomed outward like a spindle-shaped bud, splitting into nine giant dark red petals, with a deep abyssal maw at its core.
The other marquises similarly began their second-stage transformations, presenting various 'Dark Affiliates' before the crowd. The Ninth Rank individuals of the Eye of the Door also exhibited changes in aura, though they maintained human forms.
