An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

“What on earth is happening?” A collective gasp filled the air as the group laid eyes on the majestic golden vine soaring into the sky.

The gray and silver vines had already stunned them, but the dense and commanding presence of the golden vine took the spectacle to new heights.

If the gray vines were akin to soldiers and the silver ones acted as generals, the golden vine now assumed the role of a commanding king.

A haunting stillness surrounded the golden vine, sending shivers down the spines of all those present.

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this. That golden vine might surpass the strength of all the silver vines combined!”

“What should we do? What’s the plan now?”

“Are we going to die here?”

A sense of impending doom and unease gripped the disciples of the Embersteel Order, members of the Black Scorpion Squad, and Grace’s envoy teams. The overwhelming presence of the vines rendered them utterly helpless.

Ridge is here. He’s got this!” a voice reassured, diverting everyone’s attention to Aidan. A wave of optimism swept

With Mr. Ridge here, these vines don’t stand a

Mr. Ridge is the Sandscale, a grandmaster martial artist. These vines might be powerful, but he can effortlessly cut through

we’re safe

status as a grandmaster martial artist significantly boosted the group’s confidence, emphasizing the formidable

vines might be, they couldn’t match the might

“Mr. Ridge, the situation is dire. We can only

dozen silver vines had already pushed him to his limits. He believed Aidan was the only one who could turn

challenge.” He knew that tackling them alone would be exhausting,

isn’t practical. Even if it were possible, we’d probably face significant losses.

casualties, we need you to handle the golden vine and restrain some

the encirclement, you can retreat without getting fully

right!” Jackson

went on, “Mr. Ridge, we’re just asking you to buy us some time. Half an hour would be great, but