Dominion Super Star Destroyer, residence.
An old man in splendid robes suddenly opened his eyes and awoke from meditation. He had no hair or eyebrows, and his thin, withered frame was matched by eyes as sharp as an eagle's.
He was almost unknown within the Galactic Empire's official circles. Even if he walked into the Imperial Senate, people would only take him for some insignificant Council Representative.
Yet the few in the Galactic Empire who truly knew him understood just how terrifying the power and authority under his control were!
The hidden leader of the Imperial Inquisitorius and the Imperial Intelligence Bureau—"Blackhole," Koronar.
But at this moment, Koronar's eyes were filled with deep apprehension. He lowered his head to look at the blood spattered across his clothes and body, then swiftly took the transport within the warship to the bridge.
The Dominion Super Star Destroyer was currently parked in synchronous orbit over the planet, looking down on the temple ruins where they had landed. Through a dedicated panoramic projection, Koronar watched the place where he had just been fighting.
There, the temple was rapidly collapsing, as though a massive black hole had appeared within it, continuously devouring its structure. That nearly indestructible temple was incomparably fragile before such a black hole, reduced to countless specks of dust.
Koronar knew that in that place, the black hole that was nearly swallowing everything was his Emperor—Darth Sidious—making his final, most desperate stand. Resisting that mysterious, powerful, origin-unknown...
Corpse.
Just moments ago, he had seen his daughter Sariss, whom Darth Sidious had originally killed, emerge once more. His psychological defenses, which he had believed to be unbreakable, instantly crumbled, and his prized domain of shadows collapsed as well. Then, without any ability to resist, he was torn apart by that bald corpse.
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