While Kaiden was hard at work terraforming the dungeon, reshaping abyssal stone into the foundation of his new domain, a very different scene was unfolding on the surface.
In a quiet, heavily secured neighborhood just outside Washington D.C., Maximilian Vice was losing his composure.
The once-proud mogul, former CEO of ChronosX, renowned Mana R&D entrepreneur who used to be praised in high circles for the advancements his company was achieving in the mana camera industry, and then also being called a true innovator when he began the golden age of the awakened porn industry, and the political donor who supported the careers of many politicians, was now the centerpiece of a national scandal.
His empire, once polished and seemingly untouchable, was crumbling under the combined weight of public outrage and federal scrutiny.
