(Execution Livestream Continuation, The Pit)
Across the battlefield, the moment Leo's presence fully registered, the illusion of control fractured in a way no formation, no doctrine, and no amount of preparation could immediately repair, as the Righteous Monarchs standing at the edge of the command lattice found themselves staring at a reality that simply did not align with any model they had prepared for.
Leo Skyshard?
Here?
On The Pit?
With an army?
For several heartbeats, no one spoke, disbelief rippling through the command strata as eyes traced the still-roaring Dimensional Tunnel and the expanding Cult fleet pouring out behind it, because the audacity of the act itself was staggering, an intrusion so brazen and so fundamentally impossible that it took time for even seasoned Monarchs to reconcile what they were seeing with what they knew to be true.
