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Chapter 411
Morning broke over Solara Vant with false calm. The city woke to light as it always did. The runic mirrors above the towers shifted and caught the rising sun.Beams of gold and pale blue poured down into the streets. The crystal roads glowed warm beneath waking footsteps. Vendors opened stalls. Transit skiffs hummed into motion. Bells rang from high terraces. For a few heartbeats, the world felt normal. Then the ground breathed.It was not a shake at first. It was a slow pressure, like the city drawing a deep breath beneath its skin. Windows rattled once and then went still. Birds lifted from rooftops in sudden flocks. The light bent strangely, as if the air itself had thickened.Oliver felt it before the alarms. His Reality Aegis flared against his ribs. Pain shot through the crystal veins in his arm. He turned sharply in the command hall as the floor beneath him vibrated.A split second later, sirens screamed. The sound rolled across the capital in layered waves. Red and white lig
Chapter 410
Solara Vant woke in light. Every morning, the city greeted the sun the same way it had for centuries. High above the streets, ancient runic mirrors rotated on slow, perfect axes. They caught sunlight from the upper sky and bent it downward in wide, gentle streams. The light flowed through towers made of crystal stone. It spilled across bridges and plazas. It filled windows and streets with gold and soft rainbow colors. People believed this light meant safety.Oliver stood on the highest balcony of the Traveler Headquarters and watched the ritual unfold. The wind brushed against his coat. Far below, crystal air-skiffs glided between towers in neat patrol lines. Their hulls reflected the sunrise, making them look like moving stars.Everything looked calm. Everything looked secure. His Reality Aegis hummed anyway.The feeling came from deep inside him, not loud, not sharp, but steady. It felt like pressure behind his eyes. It felt like the moment before an earthquake, when the groun
Chapter 409
Beckettmar Fortress rose from the mountain like a blade driven into stone. Its walls were layered with ancient alloy and modern runes, each tier humming with restrained power. Beneath it, far below the rock and steel, the Rift-seal reactor burned with contained light, a colossal heart that kept half the world from tearing itself apart. Snow drifted across the high passes, slow and quiet, as if the mountains themselves were holding their breath.Oliver stood at the forward deck of the command carrier and watched the fortress grow larger through the storm. The air smelled sharp and metallic, charged with mana and ozone. His arm ached where crystal veins still crawled under the skin, faintly glowing with each pulse of the Reality Aegis. He flexed his fingers once, steady and controlled, then lowered his hand.Around him, airships cut through the clouds in disciplined formation. Guild banners snapped in the wind. Soldiers checked weapons in silence. No one joked. Everyone knew what Bec
Chapter 408
Meridian did not sleep that night. The storm faded, but the city stayed awake, lit by fires, emergency lights, and the dull red glow of warning beacons. Smoke drifted through broken streets. Sirens cried until their batteries died. Far out at sea, the water still churned, as if it remembered the shape of the Rift and refused to forget.Oliver stood at the highest balcony of the war spire and looked down at it all. From here, the city looked small. Too small for the weight pressing on his chest.Behind him, the command chamber buzzed with voices. Officers argued over maps and projections. Holograms showed coastlines scarred with black marks where Rifts had opened. Casualty numbers updated every few seconds, each change another quiet wound.Someone called his name. “Field Captain.”He turned. Every conversation softened as he stepped inside. Not silence. Something heavier. Expectation.Veteran commanders twice his age stood straighter when he passed. Some nodded in respect. Others watc
Chapter 407
The ocean changed color before it changed shape. At first it was only a shadow beneath the waves, a wide dark stain spreading outward like spilled ink. Fishermen saw it from their boats and turned back in fear. Coastal sensors began to scream seconds later. Sirens followed. Then the water itself began to rise.Rifts opened beneath the sea. They did not tear the sky like before. They bloomed silently under the waves, vast and deep, pulling light and heat into themselves. The ocean boiled. Steam rolled toward the shore in thick white walls. Ships anchored in the harbor strained against their chains as if something massive was breathing below them.Meridian’s coastal alarms wailed without pause. Oliver was already moving when the first alert hit his System.“Multiple anomalies confirmed,” the System said, voice clipped and cold. “Classification updated. Rift Network: Active.”He did not wait for orders. The war spire’s command deck filled with motion. Officers shouted coordinates. Holo
Chapter 406
The city did not sleep after the pulse. Meridian stayed awake through the long night. Lights burned brighter than usual, white and harsh. Patrol drones moved in slow circles above the streets. Guards stood at corners with hands on weapons. People stayed in doorways and windows, watching the sky, waiting for something to happen again.The citadel felt different now. It was not broken. It felt watched.Deep inside the citadel, Oliver stood alone in a narrow strategy room. The walls were plain steel. The floor hummed softly with hidden power lines. A single table stood in the center, empty and cold.The door opened. Commander Rhoen stepped inside and closed it himself. He raised one hand and pressed it against the wall. A private ward sealed the room with a low tone. The hum beneath the floor faded, as if whatever listened outside no longer cared.Rhoen did not sit. He walked to the table and placed a small data crystal on its surface. The crystal glowed faintly, pale blue. He pushed i
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