The Arena of Epiphany, and the entire universe, was frozen in a perfect, silent moment.
The demigods in the stand, the lifeforms in the universe, everything stood still. There was no one breathing, no wind. Everything froze with Sunny's grand spell.
While the Gods discussed about the punishment of Sparx and Venus on their celestial thrones, the only beings still permitted the luxury of thoughts and movement in a cosmos brought to a sudden, screeching halt.
Into this silence and the murmur of Gods, a single voice dared to speak.
"My Emperor, a death penalty is the only just outcome."
The other Gods, frozen in place, moved their eyes toward the speaker, their minds screaming in disbelief.
They looked at the God Draken as if he were a fool who had just spat in the face of a cosmic horror. To question the Emperor at all was brave. To question his mercy was suicidal.
