The vision of artifact four's location faded, leaving Jacob standing in the ruined mansion with his team staring at him in concern. Anna steadied him as the mystical backlash from combining three artifacts subsided, his body adjusting to the surge of power that had momentarily overwhelmed his senses."Verons has the fourth artifact in his command tank," Jacob repeated, making sure he had heard his own words correctly. "It is leading the invasion convoy right now.""That makes tactical sense," Carl said, already thinking through implications. "Keep the artifact close where he can protect it personally rather than leaving it in some vault that could be raided."They rushed back to the command center, arriving just as reports flooded in about Argo's main force crossing the border. Dozens of armored vehicles supported by infantry battalions were pushing into Seron through three primary routes. At the center of the northern column, heavily protected by escort vehicles, rolled a massive com