The bronze glow of the Aetherite core filled the laboratory with a pulsing light that matched Valens breathing. The stone walls, a single block of granite seemed to expand and contract with the energy output of the central machine. Every three seconds a ripple of bronze light washed across the floor up the stairs and into the silver dome that covered the Obsidian Throne.Valen sat at a slate table his posture rigid as he tracked the data streams from the legendary-grade gemstone before him. The Class Core of the Holy Avenger of the First Order was an item, shaped like a twenty-sided crystal. Inside its facets, a storm of golden-white plasma swirled with infinite velocity casting sharp patterns against the dark stone table. Even though the core had been torn from Grand Inquisitor Kaels soul matrix its energy retained its configuration trying to broadcast its tracking coordinates back to the grid.The connection was failing, blocked by Valens Absolute Isolation property.The gemstone ha