"Fufu... What a nice plan."
Just as they were deep in thought about how to carry out their plan, a loud, distorted voice rang through the hall, dripping with intense fury and laced with biting sarcasm.
The temperature in the room suddenly began to rise at an alarming rate.
The seven leaders of the [Lord's Disciple] faction, Benedetto Marco Giuliani, Stefano Barone, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Romano, Teresa Lombardi, Elisabetta Ferrara, and Caterina Mancini, felt an overwhelming sense of dread.
The temperature wasn't the only thing rising; the pressure in the air was also rapidly intensifying.
The Awakeners inside the castle felt it too, as if something far beyond them had invaded their home.
"Who... W-Who is that?" Matteo Bianchi asked grimly, sweat dripping from his skin due to the unbearable heat.
At the same time, he could feel the presence of something monstrous.