The abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of M. City smelled of rust, damp concrete, and old oil. Moonlight filtered through cracked skylights, casting long silver bars across the floor where Matt and Viviennie sat against opposite walls. Both were still healing from the manor raid — faint cuts and bruises fading faster than any normal Kai could manage thanks to their shared Noctaryn blood.
Matt’s Essence Sight made everything glow. He could see the flickering dark aura around Viviennie, thin but resilient, and the way her Essence reserves slowly replenished from ambient night energy. His own body hummed with power. The three Codex pages they now possessed pulsed like a second heartbeat in his mind.
【Bloodline Awakening: 85%】
【Main Quest: Complete the Noctaryn Awakening – 3/7 Pages】
【Ne
