An Understated Dominance Chapter 2638

Chapter 2638

The moment Captain Gonzales was hurled across the yard, time itself seemed to freeze.

Weapons clattered to the ground, the metallic echo hanging in the still air. Soldiers stared with wide, unblinking eyes, their bodies trembling with fear. A few instinctively shuffled backward until their boots scraped the bamboo fence, yet none dared to look away.

Nathaniel’s sword gave a low hum, the vibration slipping into his bones. He tightened his grip until his knuckles burned red against the scabbard’s chill. His heart pounded, still echoing with the image of Gonzales’s chest collapsing like brittle paper under that tiny fist. He could still hear it—the sharp crack of breaking ribs, the sickening grind of bone.

“C-Captain Gonzales…” A guard tried to stagger forward, but his legs froze midway.

The captain lay crumpled at the fence, black blood bubbling at his lips. His chest writhed unnaturally, as though something were crawling beneath his skin. Most horrifying of all were his eyes—bulging, unblinking, fixed in terror at the child who sat so casually upon the swing.

The boy continued to swing higher, his coat fluttering with each arc. His pale arm flashed in the light, smooth and round like a lotus root. He turned his gaze briefly toward the fallen captain, then pointed lazily at a morning glory climbing the fence.