The Keeper of Oros offered no resistance as Lucian and Elena stepped past the ruined monument toward the city’s heart.The central avenue was framed by monolithic pillars of calcified marrow, each etched with deep, flowing grooves that once channeled raw, un-compiled mana. Without the System’s rigid framework to categorize the energy, the air tasted clean, sharp, and cold—like ozone over mountain snow.At the terminus of the avenue stood the Great Vault of Oros.Unlike the metallic, geometric vault doors of the System’s high-tier dungeons, this portal was a singular slab of translucent star-bone, fifty feet tall and seamlessly merged with the surrounding architecture. At its center lay a recessed handprint featuring six long, slender fingers."A bio-kinetic lock keyed to a extinct species," Elena observed, raising her shadow-lance. "Shall I have Vaelor breach it?""No," Lucian said, stepping up to the slab. "Look closer."He placed his bare palm over the center of the impression. The