The next day,
Aria
The thirteen stood in the subterranean chamber beneath Blackwood Villa.
Shadows coated the stone walls. No grand speeches. No useless formalities. They wore dark tactical gear, the silver zodiac sigils pinned to their collars.
I sat at the end of the long iron table. Severin stood directly behind me, a silent extension of my own shadow.
"Report," I said.
Leo stepped forward first. His heavy shoulders squared. "The hunter network we dismantled last week left a vacuum. We tapped into their encrypted frequencies before they went dark. Aurelian cracked the cypher."
Aurelian, Aquarius, tapped a handheld terminal. A holographic map blinked into life over the iron table. "Three new dungeon anomalies detected. Unregistered by the Royal Capital. Coordinates are locked in
