Rewinding the clock by an hour, while Leon and his strike force struggled to hold back the relentless assault of an Apostle, a very different challenge was unfolding elsewhere.
Deep in the arid reaches of the desert, Gale, Adelia, Fenric, and Eris had embarked on a reconnaissance mission to uncover the secrets of the elusive Ghost Dynasty. What began as a routine investigation soon took a chilling turn.
Following faint spiritual echoes and spectral trails, the group stood before the entrance of a long-forgotten catacomb, half-buried beneath centuries of sand and scorched stone.
The opening yawned like a wound in the earth, cloaked in an unnatural stillness that muffled even the desert winds. Guided by Eris's quiet certainty, they pressed onward into the darkness. Their descent led them into the heart of a subterranean necropolis—an inverted pyramid carved into the very bedrock of the desert.
