Will, Maddie, and Allison gathered around the flickering blue hologram projecting from Elias's cybernetic eye.
"I hunted for structural blueprints of the bunker," Elias said. His voice ran tight. "I tripped over a fragmented corporate dispatch instead. It is a 'Rogue Talent' bounty list. P.A.C.I.F.I.C. logged high-priority targets actively operating on the surface."
Two names stared back at Will from the glowing screen. Active, six-figure corporate bounties marked them.
Zeraya. Lariya.
"They live, boy," Genghis Khan whispered through the Sovereign's Network. His voice thickened with territorial pride. "Your sacrifice in the Tutorial bought their lives. The wolves survived the winter."
Will reached out. His hand hovered over the flickering letters of their names. They were alive. They fought the megacorporations on the surface right now.
Will's Warlord UI forcefully overlaid the corporate screen. It registered the bounty list as a formal challenge to his domain.
