Theo’s first impression of the Dragon Emperor was straightforward:

“He seems like a completely different person.”

The man standing before him bore no resemblance to the descriptions Theo had heard in both his past and present lives.

Madman. Mass murderer. Butcher. A monster obsessed with the sword. A being who had forsaken his humanity. A greed-driven lunatic...

Not a trace of those labels clung to this man’s face.

The problem was that this wasn’t some mere mask he was wearing.

The madness and miasma that radiated from the Dragon Emperor’s core were unmistakably present.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

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