CHAPTER 1082
"Magus Dominion; Cosmic Sovereignty"
The moment the word was uttered, the world still felt normal.
That was a mistake.
Then came a single shift in the air—like reality had inhaled sharply and forgotten how to exhale.
Then it happened.
The space above Grey fractured first.
Not breaking like glass under impact, but splitting like a truth being rewritten.
Thin cracks of lightless distortion spread outward in a perfect circle, tracing an invisible boundary around the battlefield.
Gustav's eyes narrowed.
"Wha—?"
He did not finish.
Lightning answered first.
The sky darkened as if someone had dragged a curtain over the sun.
But it wasn't darkness; it was pressure.
Veins of electric blue crawled across the heavens, slow and deliberate, like a living system awakening.
Every strand of lightning curved inward… not toward the ground, but toward Grey.
As if waiting.
Listening. Obeying.
Then fire appeared.
