As the Spire descended toward the slums below—slowly enough for the escape pods to launch, but fast enough to ruin the elite forever—Normandie stood at the edge of the abyss. He watched the "Gods" scramble like rats.
They called him El Destructor De La Realeza —The Royal Destroyer. He wasn't a revolutionary with a manifesto or a hero with a heart of gold. He was a mechanical nightmare in a tailored trench coat, a man who had replaced his own heartbeat with the rhythmic hum of a stolen reactor. El Destructor De La Realeza Normandie Alleman...
He moved with a speed that defied biology. In one fluid motion, he drew the Lamento de Acero —his signature black-edged sword. He didn't aim for the Duke. He aimed for the pillar. As the Spire descended toward the slums below—slowly
Normandie didn't crash through the ceiling. He simply walked through the front door, his heavy boots echoing against the marble. The automated turrets tracked him, locked on, and then—hissed into silence. He had uploaded a viral worm into the mansion’s nervous system before even stepping foot on the grounds. He wasn't a revolutionary with a manifesto or
In the neon-soaked gutters of a floating Neo-Paris, the name wasn't spoken; it was spat like a curse.
"The crowns are falling," Normandie whispered as the windows shattered and the clouds rushed in to claim the room. The Aftermath