The tension in the air grew suffocating.
The atmosphere tingled electrically as Princess Ru's declaration of defiance hung in the air. The darkness of the night sky above seemed to grow richer as the two royals directed a deep gaze at each other.
Princess Ru simply waited for Rui's response to the wave of opposition to his vision of change to the Martial World that had emerged from the Martial Sages of human civilization.
Though she was cautious, she evaluated that she had rhetorically capsized his momentum from earlier. She had managed to dim the halo of political invincibility with the tide of support he gained earlier. She hadn't yet found a very viable way to defeat him, but she was doing decently well in resisting him, considering the tremendous gap in political power between them.
