Hajin saw the King through a broken gap between two palace towers, with smoke drifting across the rooftops and the Crowned Avatar standing beneath the damaged throne.
Twenty Shards hung behind the King in a motionless golden arc. Each one carried enough pressure to shatter a district ward, yet none moved against the avatar below.
The King held every inverted discharge inside his own pathways so it could not enter the occupied streets while white-gold law covered his arms from fingertips to shoulders.
Whenever he gathered enough force for a counterstrike, the First Prince's blood authorization redirected that force toward a hospital, a residence block, or an evacuation route.
Aria said inside Hajin's thoughts, "The avatar cannot overpower him directly, because it uses the King's output as a hostage circuit."
Hajin widened Divine Eye over the throne, which rested above twelve foundation channels and eight city wards that matched the number of Shards held behind the King.
