Chapter 1404: Intermission 4: The Judgement (3)

Leon’s POV

Right now, we were about to carry out judgement against Julius.

That was the simplest way to describe it.

This wasn’t about beating him in a fight anymore. Honestly, that part had already been settled a long time ago. What we were doing now was aimed at something deeper. We were going to break his will completely. Crush whatever hope he still had left clinging inside him and make him understand, without a single doubt, that everything was over for him.

And the method we chose for that was simple too.

I was going to have sex with someone he once loved.

Charlotte.

Charlotte already knew everything beforehand. There were no lies involved, no manipulation, and nothing hidden from her. She accepted it on her own. She believed that if Julius was finally going to face the consequences of everything he had done, then this was something she was willing to endure to make sure he truly understood what losing felt like.

Honestly, I had already told her there were easier ways to do this.

A recording would’ve worked.

Hell, I could’ve just shown Julius an illusion instead. Something realistic enough to make him suffer mentally without forcing Charlotte to stand here physically. With my abilities, creating something convincing wouldn’t have been difficult at all.

But Charlotte rejected all of those ideas.

She told me herself that if this was going to work, then it had to feel real. Completely real. Something Julius couldn’t deny or convince himself was fake afterward. And for that to happen, she said we had to do it directly in front of him.

I still didn’t want her to suffer unnecessary humiliation, though.

Watching another man observe her while she had sex wasn’t exactly something pleasant, even under these circumstances. Because of that, I specially designed the room for this situation.

From Julius’ side, he could see everything inside this room perfectly clearly.

Meanwhile, from our side, all we could see was a plain white wall.

Charlotte couldn’t see him. She didn’t know where exactly he was standing right now, whether he was glaring at us, punching the wall, or completely losing his mind. Honestly, that was probably for the best. Things were already awkward enough without adding eye contact into the mix. Nobody needed that level of discomfort today.

The room Julius was trapped inside had also been reinforced with an absurd amount of power dampeners.

And I really meant absurd.

The suppression inside there was so intense that even I would struggle to move properly while using my powers at full output. Sure, I could still activate them if I wanted to, but it would cost me almost one-fifth of my mana every hour just to maintain them.

To put that into perspective, under normal conditions, my mana consumption was laughably low. Usually, I only burned through tiny fractions while keeping my abilities active. Throughout an entire day, I’d only consume around thirty percent of my mana reserves total, and thanks to how ridiculously fast my regeneration speed was, I barely even noticed the decrease most of the time.

Inside that room, though, things changed completely.

Using even a single ability drained huge amounts of mana, and mana regeneration itself became heavily suppressed too. It was like trying to breathe while someone kept pressing down on your chest.

So even someone like Julius, who had practically assimilated himself with the Great Red and evolved into something monstrously powerful, shouldn’t have been capable of overcoming that level of suppression.

Unless I had severely underestimated him.

Honestly, that possibility always existed. Underestimating enemies was one of the fastest ways to get yourself killed. Still, based on my calculations, I doubted he had enough power to force his way out.

Besides, even if he somehow managed it, I didn’t think he could actually do anything against me.

Charlotte was already inside the room, quietly preparing herself.

She stood facing the white wall where Julius was currently trapped behind.

Right about now, he was probably staring directly at her through that wall. Knowing him, he was most likely punching it already too. I could almost picture it in my head. Rage-filled expression, clenched teeth, throwing punches like a man in a cheap drama who just discovered his girlfriend cheating.

Unfortunately for him, that wall wasn’t breaking anytime soon.

The material used to build it came from the same foundation that made the Guardian famous for possessing the strongest barrier in the world. It wasn’t quite on the Guardian’s level, obviously, but it was still ridiculously durable.

Under the effects of the dampeners, Julius wasn’t getting through it.

At full strength, though?

Yeah, maybe there would’ve been a chance.

Charlotte, meanwhile, couldn’t see beyond the wall at all.

To her, it was just a blank white surface.

I slowly walked behind her.

Then I leaned down and pressed a kiss against the back of her neck.

The moment I did that, I could already feel the violent aura surging from the other side of the wall.

The pressure coming from Julius felt unstable. Angry. Insane.

Honestly, if emotions had physical form, his would probably be foaming at the mouth right now.

Still, I didn’t care.

I gently sucked against Charlotte’s nape, making sure to leave a visible mark afterward.

The pressure from the other side intensified immediately after that.

Yeah. He was definitely losing his mind.

"Leon..." Charlotte whispered softly.

She turned her head toward me, her eyes meeting mine for a moment before she kissed me.

Her lips pressed against mine slowly at first, soft and warm, before her tongue brushed across my lips and slipped into my mouth. Her saliva mixed with mine as our tongues intertwined lazily together. The kiss deepened naturally, wet and messy in a way that felt real instead of forced.

She tasted sweet.

Our breathing slowly blended together while her tongue slid against mine again, almost teasingly, before pulling back just enough to make me follow after it instinctively.

My hands moved toward her breasts.

I squeezed them lightly before hooking my fingers against her dress and pulling downward.

The outfit had been specifically designed so that one pull was enough to expose her upper body completely.

So when I tugged it down, her breasts spilled free instantly, bouncing softly from the sudden movement.

I pushed her body gently against the wall afterward.

Her breasts flattened slightly against the smooth surface as I pressed closer into her.

At the same time, my hands lowered her pants.

Her ass came into view immediately, along with the sight of her already wet vagina.

"You’re pretty wet," I muttered near her ear. "Are you actually excited by this situation?"

"I don’t know..." she admitted quietly, sounding slightly embarrassed herself. "It’s probably because my body’s already conditioned to react whenever I see you, no matter what the situation is."

Honestly, she really had become a pervert.

I already knew that part, obviously. Still, hearing her casually admit it during a moment like this almost made me laugh a little.

A tiny part of me wondered whether Julius was dying inside listening to this conversation.

Actually, scratch that.

He was definitely dying inside.

I pressed my cock against her afterward.

Her body trembled slightly from the contact alone.

Then, in one smooth motion, I pushed it inside her completely.

Charlotte let out a soft gasp as her body instinctively pressed back against me. Her fingers touched the wall lightly for support while her breathing became uneven almost immediately.

Meanwhile, the violent aura exploding from the other side of the wall grew even heavier than before.

Honestly, at this point, Julius was probably one step away from having an aneurysm.