Ethan's gaze slowly shifted back to the Primordial Lake beside him.
The water remained still.
But in his eyes, it was no longer just a lake.
It was—
The control node of the entire world.
He raised his hand.
No hesitation.
He plunged his palm straight into the water.
HUMMM—!
The first resonance hit.
HUMMM—!
A second pulse followed.
HUMMMM—!!
The power buried deep within the lake stirred violently, as if it had just found a new conduit. Energy surged, rippling outward in a frenzy.
And then—
The forest around the lake erupted with change.
The nests embedded in the trees suddenly lit up.
But this time—
What leapt out wasn't skeletons.
It was goblins.
Short, muscular, tightly coiled with energy.
The moment they hit the ground, they moved—
Fast, coordinated, eyes sharp and focused.
Ethan's breath caught for half a second.
Then his eyes lit up with unfiltered excitement.
"Knew it."
He hadn't been wrong.
The nests didn't summon a fixed race.
They were—
