The team left the East Basement to execute their final preparations.
CLACK.
The heavy iron door shut and the lock slid into place.
Raziel stayed behind in the underground workshop alone.
He needed a moment to center his mind before the war began.
He stood in the middle of the room and looked at the silver runes glowing on the brick walls.
He possessed six Forbidden Gifts.
He carried the Umbral Paragon core.
He had a seventh anomaly sealed deep inside his chest.
He prepared to fight a supreme commander who predated the Church.
Raziel dropped to his knees.
He placed his bare hands flat against the cold stone floor.
He did not channel his Umbral energy to force a command.
He did not activate Architectural Inscription to write a new geometric rule.
He just opened his mind and used Soul Resonance to feel the building.
The Academy pulsed under his fingers. The vibration felt steady and heavy.
The ancient temple was fully awake and watching him.
