Chapter 279

Thalia stood silently in the Ironfang Hotel's private box, her gaze fixed on the trembling figures before her as they devoured the towering cakes. To her, it was not a grotesque sight but a flawless performance-an execution of punishment wrapped in sugar.

Only when the last crumb vanished, when each parasite collapsed to the floor clutching their swollen stomachs, too weak to lift a finger, did Th