The night begins as a diplomatic feast and ends in a coup. Zudaeshi, cunning and merciless, rises from hostess to conqueror, using a single ritual to strip the Sanctum Masters of their powers and force their submission. Her cruelty is immediate and absolute. She demands loyalty, seizes control, and twists bonds into weapons of humiliation. By dawn, Damion and Mulsae are no longer free men but captives in her palace, trapped in a reign of terror where survival will mean surrender, deception, and the slow breaking of everything they once were.

Content Warning, Horror: Sexual violence, humiliation, power loss, psychological manipulation, coerced acts, torture, panic attacks, trauma.

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The mask of peace Zudaeshi has been wearing all these years is finally gone. She unveils the true depth of her cruelty, turning simple rituals into acts of terror and forcing loyalty through blood and humiliation. Every gesture is a performance, every command a reminder that her power has no limits. This is the day her sadism takes center stage, and Damion and Mulsae learn what it means to be trapped in the theater of her rule.

Content Warning, Horror: Execution, blood and gore, torture, humiliation, psychological trauma, sexual violence (including coercion), emotional breakdown, and panic attacks.

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