Ethan did not return to the facility immediately after leaving Elsa’s room.He needed answers.Not theories.Not fragments.Not another ancient document filled with half-truths.Answers.The damaged mirror remained in the deepest section of the Storm archive, protected behind multiple layers of concealment arrays. Since the first time Cael had appeared, Ethan had avoided touching it.Not because he was afraid.Because a part of him already knew that whatever was inside that mirror would change everything.But after hearing Elsa say his name…After hearing that she remembered someone standing beside him as a child…He could no longer ignore it.The archive doors opened slowly as Ethan entered.The room was dark except for the faint silver glow coming from the broken mirror resting on the central table.The cracks across its surface had spread.Almost like a wound.Ethan approached silently.For several seconds, he simply stared at it.Then he placed his hand against the frame.The mome

The moment Linda told him he had three days, everyone expected Ethan to react differently.They expected anger.Fear.Desperation.Anything.But Ethan only became quieter.That was what worried them the most.Because everyone who knew Ethan understood one thing.When he became silent, it meant he had already started calculating.The next morning, despite Linda’s orders to rest, Ethan was already sitting in front of the main control system of the underground facility.His face was paler than usual.His resonance was weaker.Even maintaining a simple connection to the database required more effort than before.But his eyes remained sharp.Damien appeared on the communication screen.“Boss.”Ethan looked at him.“Stop every operation.”Damien frowned.“Every operation?”“Yes.”A pause.“Forget Watson.”“Forget the Purifiers.”“Forget the Custodians.”Damien immediately understood.This was something else.“What are we looking for?”Ethan’s fingers moved across the keyboard.“C.A.E.L.”Th

The entire settlement fell silent.The ancient symbols carved into the walls continued glowing, casting a faint silver and crimson light across the underground city.The demons who had been watching from a distance no longer looked curious.They looked afraid.Because they knew.Whatever Malikar was about to reveal was something even their ancestors had tried to bury.Ethan stood opposite him, his weakened resonance barely stable, but his eyes remained sharp.He refused to show weakness.Not in front of Malikar.Not in front of anyone.“Enough games.”His voice echoed through the chamber.“You brought me here because you wanted me to know the truth.”“Then tell me.”Malikar looked at him for several seconds.Then he slowly walked toward the center of the room.“The truth is that everything you believe about the past is incomplete.”Ethan frowned.“Explain.”Malikar glanced toward the ancient artifacts surrounding them.“For thousands of years, the Storm family and the Watson family we

The battle continued beneath the ruins of Blackwater City.But something had changed.Ethan no longer fought blindly.He stopped chasing Malikar’s movements and started observing.Every attack.Every alchemical formation.Every change in the battlefield.Malikar was not simply fighting him.He was guiding him.Every time Ethan was pushed back, Malikar forced him toward a specific direction.Every time the battlefield changed, certain paths remained open.At first, Ethan thought it was coincidence.Then he saw it.A barely visible alchemical mark carved beneath the rubble.A symbol.One he had seen before.Not in Malikar’s techniques.Not in demon records.In Harry’s journals.Ethan’s eyes narrowed.“Harry…”Malikar noticed his expression.But he said nothing.Ethan ignored the next attack completely.Instead of confronting the enemy in front of him, he turned toward the ruined structure behind him.The copies of his former opponents followed.Malikar’s expression changed slightly.“Yo

The ancient laboratory trembled violently around them.The awakening of the C.A.E.L. system had not stopped.Deep beneath Blackwater City, something enormous was beginning to stir.Ancient mechanisms that had been silent for centuries started moving again. The twelve symbols carved into the floor burned brighter, releasing waves of energy that made the entire underground settlement shake.Ethan looked at the formation beneath his feet.Then he looked back at Malikar.“You knew this would happen.”Malikar stood in the center of the chamber, surrounded by black flames that moved like living creatures.“Yes.”Ethan’s expression hardened.“You brought me here because you needed my power.”Malikar did not deny it.“I needed you to recover.”A pause.“Only you can destroy the final seal protecting C.A.E.L.”The words echoed.Ethan’s eyes narrowed.“The final seal.”Malikar nodded.“The seal was created from Cael’s original resonance. No ordinary person can break it.”“Not the Watson family.