The sky didn't roar.
It died.
Above Dominion, the clouds twisted into a blood-red spiral. The stars—what few remained—dimmed one by one as something vast, ancient, and vengeful pushed into the mortal plane.
The Executioner had arrived.
> [THRONE ENTITY IDENTIFIED: SEAT OF TERMINUS]
[CLASS: ENFORCER]
[WARNING: THIS ENTITY DOES NOT NEGOTIATE.]
Inside the tower, the lights flickered. The walls shuddered. Even the air felt sharp—like it could slice flesh with a breath.
Aya gripped her blade. "He's not hiding like the last one."
Mira backed away from the interface. "He's rewriting laws. Physical ones. Gravity just spiked. Light delay is increasing. Time is—"
"Breaking," Lilith finished grimly.
Serai stood at the window, her voice quiet but sure. "This one doesn't want obedience. He wants silence."
Elias said nothing.
He didn't blink.
Didn't breathe.
He was feeling it.
The Executioner wasn't simply arriving.
He was claiming.