[Warning: Specialized S-Rank Void Assassins spawned. Target locked on the weakest lifeform in the immediate vicinity.]
[Target: Maya.]
The red system warning pulsed violently against Zen's retinas, casting a bloody glow over his vision.
The ground shook violently with a deep, heavy vibration that felt like it was going to rip the warded obsidian command table right out of the floor.
This wasn't a natural earthquake; it was a focused tear in the fabric of space, happening because the planetary seal was fracturing.
Reclaiming sixty-seven per cent of Lyra's Aether fragment had restored Zen's core to Low A-Rank, but the universe was already correcting the imbalance.
The planetary anchor had weakened, and the Void was violently capitalising on the rupture.
