“He... he has taken it,” Raka said in a hushed voice, despair creeping into his heart. He stared at Kael, who lay motionless on the floor of the training chamber, his aura pulsing wildly, now mixed with a strange, cold darkness. The raw power that had once seemed so promising had now turned into a dangerous weapon.Sari knelt beside Kael, her trembling hand extending an energy field stabilizer. “We have to get him out of here. Now. The energy around him is unstable. This could trigger a chain reaction that destroys the entire Academy.”Raka nodded. He could feel his own energy, the remnants of his Cosmic Light, pulsing weakly as it tried to resist the waves of dark energy radiating from Kael. But it was not enough. The power inside him was too great, too alien. The power of the entity they had seen in Kael’s dream, the entity that had once been the original guardian of the Ark, now corrupted and turned into a puppet of darkness.“I’ll take him to the isolation chamber,” Raka said as h

"We have to go to the center of the galaxy," Raka said, his voice steady despite the slight tremor beneath it. Kael lay motionless in the isolation chamber, his aura pulsing wildly, now mixed with darkness. "We have to find that primordial entity before they do."Sari nodded. She had already prepared the Wanderer for an emergency voyage. Her face was tense, but her eyes shone with determination."But Raka, your power... you just channeled so much of your energy into Kael. And we don't know what awaits us at the galactic center.""I know," Raka cut in. He could feel the profound connection to Earth's Core of Life now woven into his being. It felt like a promise, an unbreakable bond."I may not possess the complete Cosmic Light I once had, Sari. But I have something else. Something stronger. A connection to every Seed of Life we've saved."Bara nodded, his aura pulsing powerfully, as though preparing for an inevitable war."I'm coming with you. The force possessing Kael... it's like a d

"Raka, look at that vortex in the center!" Sari shouted, her voice trembling behind her protective helmet. "Its energy pressure is ten times greater than the remnants of the black hole we sealed at the North Pole last month! This scanner can't even read its frequency!""I know, Sari. But we don't have any other choice," Raka replied, his eyes unblinking as he stared at the web of alien light spinning before them. "This gate is the only way to stop what's left of yesterday's threat from spreading into our dimension.""Don't tell me you're starting to doubt now, Raka," Bara hissed, stepping forward with both hands wrapped in the glow of dark energy that was now far more stable than it had been during the great battle in Earth's core. "We've come too far. Turning back isn't an option on our menu anymore.""Bara's right," Kael added, his voice barely above a whisper yet heavy with anxiety. "But there's something wrong with this place. Ever since we approached these coordinates, it feels l

"This... this isn't like before," Sari whispered, her voice tightening as her body felt stretched and compressed, like dough being kneaded by a giant hand. "The distortion... it's gentler, but far more intense at the molecular level. I think this Gate was designed to 'deliver' us, not just 'throw' us somewhere.""It feels like free-falling, but without the fear," Bara added, tilting his head upward. There was no clear up or down here, only the sensation of drifting through an infinite void. "The light at the end... it's getting closer."Kael didn't answer. His eyes were tightly shut, his brow furrowed."I... I'm sensing so many things," he murmured. "Not echoes of nothingness anymore. This... these are ripples of energy. Thousands, millions of them. Like whispers from a chaotic dreamscape.""Ripples of energy?" Raka asked, his Cosmic Light ready to respond if anything unexpected happened. "What do you see, Kael?""Not see, Raka. Feel."Kael opened his eyes, and for a brief moment, Rak

“All right,” Raka said, his voice steady despite his exhaustion. “Then we go together.” He looked at the rippling portal before him, then at Kael, who met his gaze with eyes full of determination. “You lead the way, Kael.”Kael nodded and stepped toward the vortex of light that was beginning to form. Behind him, Sari, Bara, and Raka followed. The moment they crossed the portal’s threshold, the strange sensation of opposing forces pulling at them returned. This time, however, it felt more controlled, as though they were being guided by a gentle hand.“Still just as weird as the first time,” Bara muttered, feeling through the air that seemed like a thin mist. “I hope we don’t end up in the middle of nowhere again.”“I don’t think so,” Sari replied, her eyes scanning their surroundings. “The energy here feels different. More... organized. Like we’re being directed toward a specific destination.”They arrived in a place that felt unfamiliar and yet strangely familiar at the same time. It