The atmosphere inside the collapsing sanctuary had crossed beyond chaos and entered something far more terrifying.
Ancient stone continued falling endlessly into the abyss below while corrupted mana flooded every corner of the ruins like a black ocean swallowing the remnants of a forgotten age. Dust and debris drifted through the air, illuminated intermittently by flashes of lightning, gravity mana, and the crimson glow radiating from the enormous eye hidden beneath the darkness.
Yet despite the destruction surrounding them—
Nobody moved.
Nobody spoke.
Because the words that had echoed moments earlier still lingered within their minds.
"Found you."
The voice had not sounded human.
Nor had it sounded like any living creature.
It had felt closer to a law.
An ancient certainty.
A declaration made by something that had finally discovered what it had been searching for.
