The Forgotten Atlanta Expanse burned, the Verdant Warden Behemorph's fungal colossus rampaging through the tram hub, its 50-meter mass of writhing tendrils and corrosive spores obliterating ruins.
Mycoglyphs dimmed, Earthcore Nexus's hunger a panicked pulse, cosmic horror reigning as stone melted into fungal sludge, non-Behemorph life dissolving.
Clayton's humanoid body lay crushed, blood and 104 Genesis Embers consumed by spores, his Heartseed Core pierced by Vex's Null Blade.
Yet, a few kilometers away, his Rootsite pulsed, the Verdant Lord form still active; a green heart of sentient roots and thorned biomass stirring in its chamber, sustained by Phytoleech Bloom.
His Architect rank Aspect, divine-like, refused oblivion.
And yet, he was dying.
DING!
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[System Alert: Host Status – Verdant Lord Form Active]
[Genesis Embers Available: 104]
[Aspect Status: Architect Rank – Partial Functionality]
