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Despite arriving prepared with her two maids and her butler, Julia could scarcely believe how swiftly everything had spiraled into even greater chaos.
Not only had the Vampires appeared and slain the Emperor—something she had never anticipated, having begged Maria to spare the royal family and let the people decide their fate—but Thor, the God of the Heavenly Realm, had descended into the body of a general and razed the entire palace in a blind rage.
Thunder consumed everything. For a terrifying moment, Julia genuinely believed she would die right there. Yet Maria enveloped everyone within her Void Aura, absorbing the lightning into her own body and shielding all those her power could reach in time.
Even so, many deep within the palace perished when the structure exploded into ash. The blast rippled outward, claiming hundreds more lives among the noble families clustered nearest the crown.
