Chapter 27
The sky cracked as Kiro charged toward Sulfur, Blood Venom in hand, its tendrils of crimson energy coiling like serpents thirsty for divine blood. But just before he could strike, a second voice erupted from the imperial relay towers—sharp, laced with desperation.
"Executor Sulfur, this is Baron Voneto—worldholder of Gaeth-9!" the voice rang out across the burning city. "You are destroying imperial mining property. I demand you cease immediately!"
High above the battlefield, a Kargal projection shimmered into existence—a tall, robed man with gaunt features and deep, imperial insignias across his chest. Baron Voneto's face was twisted with fury, but underneath it... fear.
Sulfur turned his golden gaze skyward without expression, his voice like rolling thunder.
"Gaeth-9 is no longer your concern, Baron."
Voneto's eyes widened.
"What—what are you saying?"
Sulfur raised a hand toward the still-glowing remnants of a destroyed moon, its fragments burning through the atmosphere like falling angels.
"By decree of the Kargal High Conclave, the failure to eliminate the Blood Apostle has been deemed a violation of strategic imperial interests. Effective immediately, stewardship of Gaeth-9 is revoked from House Voneto..."