As soon as the announcement echoed throughout the ceremonial hall, the enormous gates slowly swung open.
Every conversation came to an abrupt end as two men stepped through the entrance side by side, their measured footsteps echoing across the polished stone floor.
An invisible pressure seemed to descend upon the gathering the moment they appeared, causing every representative present to instinctively straighten their posture.
Hundreds of eyes turned toward the entrance, yet not a single person dared speak.
The man walking at the front appeared to be in his middle years.
His dark brown skin bore the dignity of countless years spent beneath the sun, while a pair of sharp brown eyes calmly swept across the hall with an authority that required no display of force.
Standing nearly seven inches tall, his broad frame carried the natural physique characteristic of the Solarian bloodline.
His handsome face was partially concealed beneath a neatly trimmed full beard.
