Glyphs burned up wrist. Black threads coiled arm slow. Throne yanked harder magnetic. Dreadnought groaned bulkheads stretched mass. Jax keys hammered. Console green flood. "Fleet locked 90%. High command chain full. Dominion grows Heir-side."Grows. Dark owned me total. Rational Thomas skull-deep gone quiet. Chain pulls. All kneel. Words cut cold. "Links status. Fractures left?"Jax no-look scan. Eyes dead certain. "Forty-five links. Three cutters outrange. Warp hot." My purge read total clean.Vance heavies crowded dais tight. Scanned marines across gap. "Heir. Squad purge ready?" Marines knuckles white grips. Murmurs slipped. "Vance takes lead?" "Squad jumps marines?"Empress shadow-throne watched flat. Silk caught glyph flicker. "Fractures prove chain. Purge binds." Mirrors whined outside. Beams kissed holdouts.Implant stacked feeds heavy. [Seq 0: 18%. Links 45. Merge 40%. Glyph skin 25%. Core protocol kicks.]Emperor's Lament hummed holster itch. Purge prime. Widowmaker buzzed bone. Claim now."Fractures target." Dropped easy. Jax fleet-blast. "Heir call: Holdouts purge. Chain no break." Loyal cutters plasma storm. Holdouts warp buckled swarm-trapped. Hulls split fire. Scrap spun black.Vance grunt low. Rifles up salute. Marines dragged feet match. Talk turned. "Purge done." "Chain iron."Jax half-face. Worship thick. "Merge hundred percent. Dreadnought triple mass. High command throne ask." Faces flashed screen. Heads bowed feed.Ask. Dark eye-sweep. "Vector grant. Core pull." Jax accept slam. Spine bulkheads split. Command brass marched—crisp steps, chain-drunk stares.Lead captain knee dais-rim. Scar jaw lifted. "Heir. Brass folds. Dominion yours." Rest knee-crash deck echo.Empress silk-step. "Core builds. Glyphs lock Heir rule." Arm wave captains. Mirrors set swarm-shield forever.Glyphs hit shoulder. Muscle chew deep. Skin rewrite itch. [Seq 0: 20%. Links 55. Glyph 50%. Core live.]Vance edged in. "Heir. Squad core watch?" Heavies push. Marines block. Barrels line shaky. "Watch jump?" "Vance grabs core?"Jax knife-voice. "Chain level. Spots stay." Air thinned little. Eyes still knife-fight.Captains spread decks orders. Distant blasts scrap purge. Dreadnought bulked monster.Dark vein-laugh. No cracks. Core grabbed. Rational Thomas wall-tap weak. Past line. Surface crack.Throne dais shook. Real seat unsealed grind—chrome void carved 1,247 gun-match. Air lead-thick. Old breath hung.Empress palm lift. "Mount locks core. Dominion no end."Jax knee-drop. "Heir mount. Chain waits."Vance squad copy. Brass froze decks. Eyes throne-pull.Glyphs throat now. Sight black-rim. [Seq 0: 22%. Links 60. Mount now. Fracture 5%.]Gun palm-burn sweat. Widowmaker blood-song. Dark dais-step. Rational dirt-muffle.Boot throne lip. Spark chain-jump room-wide.[SEQ 0: 25%. MOUNT THRONE. CORE LOCK DOMINION.]Dreadnought wake-roar. Swarm stars warp.
