It was midnight when Luca jolted upright, alarm ripping through him. His breath came sharp and uneven as his eyes flicked wildly around, searching, disoriented.
For a moment, his thoughts drifted aimlessly in the air, but then the series of events rushed in his head and everything became clear.
He exhaled and scratched the back of his head.
"I must have fallen asleep after checking my Interface update." He turned to his bathroom when he suddenly froze.
The air smelt with something amiss.
The tip of his ears tingled and his hair stood on end. His Ego slowly crept out of his body and into the air.
'Wha– What's this?'
With his title, Luca had grown increasingly sensitive to others' egos and the energy wavelength that powerful people exude. And that ability had begun to spike since his Ego Core had raised tremendously in purity and score.
When he looked around, he was almost certain that the wavelength he felt was strange. Alien. Powerful.
