"Julian," Elara said, her voice barely a whisper, a cold dread seeping into her words. "We may have found the Heart of the Dragon… but we are not alone. And I fear the Konsili Bayangan may have been waiting for us to show them the way."
Julian felt the blood drain from his face, a sudden chill replacing the adrenaline-fuelled triumph. His gaze snapped from the luminous coordinates on the main screen to the flickering reddish blips scattered across the Myanmar map. Each blip represented a corrupted Aetherium signature, a faint but undeniable presence of the Konsili's Shadow Assassins. They were like silent predators, now stirring in the jungle, drawn by the discovery of their quarry.
"What do you mean, 'waiting for us to show them the way'?" Julian asked, his voice tight, the question dir
