Minutes earlier, Emery was deep inside Randhall's workshop, sifting through the ancient logs and experiment notes. The more he uncovered, the tighter unease coiled in his chest. Randhall's writings grew increasingly frantic toward the end—his desperation to complete his so-called masterpiece twisting his genius into madness.
Vic, who had been attempting to refine the dormant golem, suddenly stiffened.
"Something's happening… something just activated."
VIA, which had been tasked with hacking the workshop's systems—quickly confirmed it wasn't her doing. The sudden activation came from somewhere else entirely.
Emery realized the truth through the shared senses of his dark avatar, who was currently inhabiting a clone body and infiltrating the ranks as one of the Nova Roma magus. The same mysterious specialist assigned to watch over Julian. Through that avatar's eyes, the scene inside the tomb chamber unfolded with terrifying clarity:
Dravic had seized one of Randhall's artifacts—
