Level 209 – The Fracture Vault
Dozens of Archivists scrambled through scrolls and faded diagrams, watching as ancient models of the Tower updated in real time.
A towering mural that once ended at Floor 306 now extended outward, forming new nodes, undefined rooms, and expanding resonance grids.
Elder Historian Methra dropped her inkpen.
"The Fifth Movement... actually exists now," she whispered. "Not as theory. Not as failure."
"He conducted it."
She looked out the window, mist covering her eyes.
"Echoia would have been proud."
Level 280 – The Arena of Steel
Fighters gathered, still recovering from their most recent trials, when the gravity in the chamber lightened—like something heavy had been lifted from the Tower's core.
A Sovereign flame now burned in the center of the arena, visible only to those who had ever reached Rank 50 or above.
Among them stood the former champion, Kael's last apprentice.
She kneeled before the flame.
