The Knight Guild's war room was quiet.
Maps covered the walls. Relics pulsed in glass cases. And at the center, Lady Virell stood with her arms crossed, staring at a sealed scroll glowing faint red.
Minwoo entered, cloak trailing behind him, Nexus Blade strapped to his back.
Kinro followed, his dragon aura barely contained.
Lady Virell nodded. "We have a request. SS-Rank. Off-record. No backup."
She placed the scroll on the table. It hissed.
She paused.
Minwoo's eyes narrowed.
Kinro stepped forward. "That's not coincidence."
Lady Virell nodded. "We believe it's tied to your father. To Jin."
Minwoo picked up the scroll. It burned his fingers—but didn't cut.
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Lady Virell raised an eyebrow. "Alone?"
Minwoo turned to Kinro.
Mission Brief
• Location: Ruins of the 9th Ward
• Threat Level: SS-Rank (Unstable Reality, Sovereign Echoes, Temporal Collapse)
• Objective: Investigate the anomaly, recover lost intel, identify the source of the "Fang" signal
• Team: Minwoo (Shadow Fang Sovereign), Kinro (Dragon-class Entity)
As Minwoo left the war room, the scroll pulsed again.
Inside it, buried deep in encrypted runes, was a name.
Minwoo didn't speak.
But the shadows around him stirred.