The throne room groaned as if a thousand hidden strings had been plucked at once. Leon's resonance rolled out like a tidal wave, invisible yet undeniable, reshaping the cadence of battle.
Every strike, every falling chain now obeyed a new law—a tempo that was not Kar'veth's.
The chains staggered mid-flight, snapping sideways or clashing into each other with grinding shrieks of iron against iron. The air itself seemed caught in syncopation, breathing to Leon's rhythm rather than the Sovereign's.
Kar'veth leaned forward slightly on his throne, one clawed finger tapping against the armrest. His eyes glittered with something between hunger and recognition."…Conductor."
Leon didn't answer. His Shell Reverb surged higher, Tripart Echo splitting his pulse into layered reverberations, Absolute Return folding Kar'veth's assaults back toward him, Karmic Loop snaring each rhythm into a cycle that pulled tighter and tighter around the Sovereign's throne.
The battlefield shivered.
