The council chamber remained silent.
The image of the vanished star system hovered above the crystal projector.
Billions of lives.
Gone.
Not destroyed.
Not conquered.
Erased in an instant.
Emperor Vaelor stared at the projection with grim certainty.
"They've found us."
Aria turned toward him.
"Tell us everything."
The ruler of the Exiles nodded slowly.
Then ancient records appeared around the chamber.
Records older than stars.
Older than creation itself.
The history of the Void Hunters.
Long before the Primordial Expanse fell, powerful civilizations ruled countless realms.
They built cities between dimensions.
They mastered energies modern civilizations could barely imagine.
For a time, they believed themselves unstoppable.
Then the Hunters appeared.
Nobody knew where
