Location: Duskreach Sector – Zone 7: Crimson Fields
The skies above were bruised with red.
Elias and his team stood atop a broken platform, wind carrying whispers—some seductive, others pleading. The ground itself pulsed faintly underfoot, like a heart still trying to beat after a slow death.
Lilith scanned the terrain. "This place is already half-infected."
Aya's hand tightened on her blade hilt. "We're too late?"
"No," Elias said firmly. "We're just in time to save what's left."
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The Rogue Host
The target's name: Kaelen Vire.
Once a rebellious Lust Host who escaped system binding. According to Elaria's data, he used raw desire like fire—untamed, uncontrolled. A lone beast among wolves.
But the Kaelen they found wasn't wild anymore.
He sat atop a blood-soaked stone altar in a half-kneel. Shirtless, glowing red veins coiling up his body, eyes dull but burning—like a candle refusing to die out.
He looked at Elias with a twisted smile.