News of the silver light poisoning the forest spread like a cold whisper among the Silverwood Spire leadership. Within Nihil's emergency command room, the holographic map that once displayed three escape routes now flickered with a new pulsing threat icon – a slowly expanding red circle on the eastern border. The silence in the room was heavy, laden with the weight of a problem lacking an obvious solution. Time for calm escape planning was gone, replaced by the urgent need to confront the threat knocking at their door.
"The Pillar of Purification," Elara said, breaking the silence. Her fingers danced over her data tablet, displaying encrypted texts received from Velka's network. "According to this preliminary intel, it's a high-level Inquisition artifact. Not designed to kill, but to 'cleanse'. It creates a persistent sacred zone, an energy field that actively repels and negates all powers antithetical to Holy Light. Dark magic, demonic energy... and, apparently, Void power."
