The Serpent Supreme led Emery back toward the Supreme Gene Facility as though the entire place belonged to him.
Perhaps, in many ways, it did.
Every researcher and every member of security they passed reacted the same way. It wasn't merely respect written across their faces, but unmistakable reverence. Conversations ceased the moment Ronan appeared, and everyone instinctively stepped aside, lowering their heads as he walked past.
Even the Grand Magus overseeing the facility were no exception.
Four of them stood guard over the project, one of the Dragon Clans, one from the Bird race, one of turtle race and one from the Goat halfblood race. Every one of them was either a Two or Three Cosmos Grand Magus, individuals whose cultivation, bloodline, and status would command immense authority anywhere else in the Magus Universe.
Yet before the Serpent Supreme, they behaved with the same unquestioning deference.
Not one of them dared ask why an outsider had suddenly been granted access.
