The Wraith Sovereign Returns to Conquer - Chapter 9

Chapter 9 Acrushing wave of force slammed down from the top floor of the villa. "Who... dares kill my son!" The voice was old, but it carried absolute authority and a fury that shook the walls. The entire Wraith Dominion trembled under the weight of it. An elderly man descended the staircase. He wore a black high-collared military suit, and his hair had gone silver-white, but his eyes were as sharp as a hawk's. Every step he took exuded the certainty of a man who had never once been told no.

His name was Roland Kain, the founder of Base Seven and a genuine S-class ability user, the highest tier there was. Behind him followed six Augments, but these were nothing like the ones I had faced before. There was no madness or instability rolling off them. They moved like precision instruments, silent and controlled, and each of them carried energy reserves that rivaled a full A-class ability user. They were Roland's final card, the Praetorian Guard.

"Some piece of garbage that should've been dead managed to stumble onto a power that doesn't belong to him." Roland's gaze locked onto me and his eyes were glacial. "Hand over the secret behind your power and I'll make your death a quick one." He spoke the way a god would speak to an insect, handing down a verdict that was not open for discussion. Decades of unchallenged authority had made it the only way he knew how to address anyone beneath him. "Old man, your era is over." I looked back at him and there was not a trace of deference in my voice. A flash of raw fury crossed Roland's eyes.

"You don't know what's good for you." He raised one hand and clenched his fist in the air, aimed directly at me. "Spatial Prison." The space around me solidified in an instant, locking _tight like a block of transparent amber. An irresistible force closed in from every direction at once, crushing inward to grind me into dust. So this was the power of an S-class ability user. He could manipulate the laws of space itself. However, inside my Wraith Dominion, I was the law. "You want to play with space in front of me?" I let out acold laugh. "Break." The word left my mouth and reality obeyed.

The frozen air around me let out a tortured cracking sound, and then the entire Spatial Prison shattered like glass. For the first time, genuine shock appeared on Roland's face. "A domain? You've actually awakened a domain-level power?" "No, this isn't a domain." I shook my head and spread my arms wide, taking in every inch of the world I now controlled. "This is my kingdom." "Kill him!" Roland felt a threat unlike anything he had ever encountered and finally gave the attack _ order. All six Praetorians vanished from where they stood.