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Chapter 30

Author: MAH
last update publish date: 2026-07-07 16:30:13

(Author’s POV)

Stefan Ashford uttered only three words. Yet those three words carried enough authority to silence an auditorium filled with thousands.

An eerie stillness descended over the venue. Even the live broadcast chat, which had been flooding with comments every second, seemed to pause before exploding again.

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