Chapter 67: Eyes in the Shadows, Gods at the Table
High atop the world, above the clouds and seas, lay the sacred and secret heart of power — Mary Geoise.
The Holy Land basked in cold, eternal sunlight, untouched by time or storm. Its marble towers shimmered in silence, and the hallowed throne room, forbidden to the world, lay deathly still.
But within its shadows... ancient red eyes watched.
A figure veiled in eternal darkness — a shape neither woman nor beast — loomed upon the Empty Throne.
Imu-sama.
Only his/her eyes shone — crimson, oppressive, ancient. Their very gaze seemed to weigh upon the soul, like staring into the abyss where time itself was born.
Before this eternal sovereign, the Five Elders, the highest authority of the World Government, knelt.
And even they — immortal, cruel, and unyielding — sweated beneath those terrible eyes.
One of them spoke, his voice strained, fear knotting his throat.
"Imu-sama... the battle at Voidreign Kingdom was witnessed by all. Each of the Voidreign Pirates... and the kingdom they've raised... have grown far beyond projections."
A heavy silence pressed upon the room like a tomb.