CHAPTER 11 — HERALD WALKS IN MANILA
Dark clouds gathered over the entire Metro, Manila.
Lightning rumbled.
But there was no storm—
only the arrival of something not human.
Atop a billboard in Manila Bay stood a figure wrapped in black feathers, face hidden behind a white bone mask.
The air warped around him, bending like heat on metal.
People passing by screamed and ran.
But the Herald didn't care.
He extended a hand—
and every bird in the skyline fell dead.
The Herald tilted his head, whispering to the dead wind:
"Where is the Vessel?"
His presence alone turned the air toxic, mana twisting violently.
Then—
He sensed it.
A spark.
A pulse.
A divine resonance.
Cedric Aaron Feraldo.
The Herald whispered one word.
"…Found you."
And vanished.
End of Chapter 11