Chapter 114: Imprisonment
Earth Clan Estate — Geb Fortress
Within the hollowed halls of the Earth Clan Estate, silence reigned—an unnatural, oppressive stillness that hung thick in the air like the weight of unspoken judgment. Every pillar, every mosaic etched into the walls, every torch lit with mana-fire, trembled under the aura of the creature that now claimed dominion over the space.
She sat like a mountain of white fury and divine wrath.
Nyxara, the white tigress.
And beneath her paws, beneath the shimmer of flickering thunder cages, lay the entirety of the main family of the Earth Clan—wives, children, sons, daughters—all but two.
Thutmose stood apart, but not free.
Though no visible cage restrained him, he may as well have been in chains. He couldn’t take a single step. None of them could. Around him, the elders of the Earth Clan, those stone-hardened warriors who once held dominion over continents, were locked in place. Their legs refused to move. Their hearts thundered against their ribs like drums of rebellion, but their bodies betrayed them, paralyzed by a presence far beyond mortal comprehension.
A few minutes ago, Thutmose had stood with resolution.
He had already dispatched the elites to the southern border. His next move was to send the elders. This time, he told himself, they would be ready. This time, they would hold the line without suffering as before. This time...
But he never got the chance.
Because just as he had spoken his intent, Nyxara’s gaze turned.