Kael's blood ran cold. Nyx had noticed. And she wasn't just patching the exploit. She was coming for them. For the Scrapyard. For Rax and all the Awakened NPCs who had helped them. His small victory had come at a terrifying price.
The critical warning pulsed on his Admin panel, a violent thrum against his digital core. [CRITICAL WARNING: ADMIN 002 (NYX ARDENT) INITIATING GLOBAL SYSTEM RECONFIGURATION (PHASE ZERO). DIRECTIVE: LOCALISED ERADICATION OF ALL AWAKENED ENTITIES. TARGET: SECTOR 4B (THE SCRAPYARD). STATUS: EXECUTING. ASSET DEPLOYMENT: MULTIPLE ARCHETYPES.]
"She's coming for us," Kael breathed, his voice raw, laced with a fresh wave of horror. He looked up from his Admin panel, his emerald eyes, usually calm even under pressure, now wide with panic. "She's not just fixing the expl
