Lime dust and sour sweat filled the air. Before their eyes, the colossal monster loomed, splitting the sky.The Great Pyramid of Giza.Unfinished, its peak was still flat and swarming with thousands of workers, like ants on a sugar cube. Giant wooden scaffolding encircled the structure, and stone blocks the weight of elephants were being hauled up inch by agonizing inch."Insane," Desmond muttered, wiping the sweat mixed with mud from his brow. "History books didn't mention it was this terrifying in reality.""It's not a monument," Seraphina replied coldly beside him. "It's a machine. Look at the pattern of the stonework? It's not for bearing weight. It's a circuit."*"Boss! The detector is going crazy!"* Sabrun yelled inside Desmond's head. *"Nexus energy dead ahead! The scale... It's massive! This isn't an AA battery, Boss. It's a nuclear reactor!"*Desmond grinned widely. The fatigue in his legs instantly evaporated, repl

The corridor was steep and slick. Laila and Seraphina were half-dragging, half-carrying Desmond down the 45-degree incline, deep underground."You're heavy as sin, Boss," Laila complained, her breath ragged. Her shoulder bore the weight of Desmond's left arm."That's muscle weight, Laila," Desmond mumbled, his eyes half-closed. His consciousness was fading in and out. His world was spinning, but one thing was different.His vision.Even though his energy was at 0%, he saw the world in thin neon lines. He saw *structure*. He saw the weak points in the stone walls, he saw the blood flow in Laila's neck, and he saw......a flow of red magic waiting ahead."Stop," Desmond whispered."What is it now?" Seraphina stopped, wiping sweat from her brow. "We have to hurry before the Vizier sends reinforcements from behind.""Not behind us," Desmond lifted his heavy head. He pointed into the darkness ahead. "Ahead. They're already waiting."*CLACK!*As if responding to Desmond's words, torches lin