A few seconds later, both Bruce and Duke felt the suppressing, opposing sensation from the environment vanish entirely. The Everwhite Abyss no longer regarded them as intruders.
It regarded them as belonging.
The Core's glow stabilized into a steady, submissive pulse.
Isolde had claimed it.
By claiming the Labyrinth without clearing its beasts, she had bypassed the traditional path entirely. The will of the Labyrinth now flowed from her own. The ancient consciousness that once resisted her had been overwritten, restructured, absorbed beneath her sovereignty.
And with that, every creature within it bowed.
A dozen SSS beasts now fell under her direct command. More than fifty SS tier beasts followed beneath them. And the S ranked inhabitants numbered easily triple the SS count.
An army. Not conquered through slaughter. But through will.
For the Eiskar Kingdom, this was not merely reinforcement.
