"Axel, breathe. You need to regulate your heart rate now."Zara’s voice sounded distant, muffled by the hum of static filling Axel’s ears. They had just managed to escape the arena and take cover in a hidden cabin on the outskirts of Ironwood Grove, a zone rarely visited by players due to its lack of resources.Axel leaned against the cold wooden wall, his breath coming in gasps. My nerves ... they feel like they’re burning, Zara. Liam wasn’t the only one attacking me back there. This system ... this system is trying to suppress my power."Zara immediately sat in front of Axel, opening her personal holographic interface, which was now filled with rows of messy code and pitch-black data fragments. "I recorded the data trail during the duel. Something is wrong, Axel. Very wrong.”"How much did you find?" Axel asked, trying to straighten his back despite the stinging pain still crawling along his spinal cord."More than just statistics. I found hidden logs buried beneath Eternity’s core