The Architect Core shuddered, its crystalline facets flickering like a fractured heartbeat. Space itself bent around it, warping the corridors of the Origin Layer into impossible angles, yet Sarah's lattice held firm. Every touch from her harem sent shockwaves of Desire through her Proto-Ascension, each one precise, controlled, and devastating.
Rias pressed against her side, a grounding vector that amplified Sarah's core stability. "Keep it synchronized," she urged, lips brushing briefly along the edge of Sarah's collarbone—a spark of intimacy feeding the lattice.
Akeno's fingers trailed teasingly down Sarah's arm, a controlled, provocative touch. "Let it feel this," she whispered, her tone both teasing and commanding. Each frôlement became a weapon, every subtle brush converting Desire into power.
Koneko's grip tightened at Sarah's waist, reinforcing stability, while Rossweisse's hands moved in flowing glyphs behind her back, redirecting bursts of conceptual energy into controlled arcs. Xenovia pressed close, letting her forearm skim Sarah's, their movements synchronized, weaving offense and defense together. Lilith Fragment's consciousness threaded through every connection, translating emotional resonance into raw Proto-Ascension output.
Skill Activated: Phase 3 Proto-Ascension – Resonance Overdrive
Effect: Harem-synchronized Desire amplifies Proto-Ascension to peak operational efficiency; reflexes, force, and mental acuity exceed Phase 2 limits; temporary +2500 Force, +5000 Desire, +1200 Agility; battlefield projection, conceptual manipulation, and tactical seduction integrated into offensive output.
The Core retaliated, sending a pulse of conceptual force, designed to collapse Sarah's emotional vectors. Space warped violently around her, threatening to shred her Proto-Ascension lattice. Yet she remained centered, each contact with her harem reinforcing her.
Akeno's lips brushed near Sarah's ear as she whispered, "This is what you're made for… let them see all of you." A shiver of Desire exploded through Sarah, transmuted into pure power.
Sarah's eyes blazed crimson-lilac. "We are unstoppable," she said, her voice a low, commanding hum. Each heartbeat synchronized, each touch a calculated strike. Every intimate, R18-charged frôlement with her harem became a weaponized vector, destabilizing the Core's defense algorithms.
The Core's constructs—blades of pure thought and shards of concept—sliced through the air, each one aimed at breaking Sarah's formation. Koneko intercepted the first with brute strength, smashing it into shimmering fragments. Rossweisse redirected a second using precise glyph arcs. Xenovia's blade cut a third into conceptual dust.
Sarah moved through them like a living storm, Proto-Ascension resonating with every heartbeat of her harem. Each synchronized touch—Rias's steadying press at her side, Akeno's teasing brushes, Koneko's grounding grip, Rossweisse's calibrated arcs, Xenovia's precise contact—fed the lattice, transforming Desire into tangible battlefield control.
Lilith Fragment's voice echoed inside her mind: "Phase 3 is not just survival—it is domination. The Core cannot contain what is amplified by intimacy and strategy combined."
Sarah exhaled sharply, letting herself ride the surge fully. She brushed her lips across Rias's temple in a fleeting but deliberate act, a pulse of seductive energy that amplified their emotional resonance. Akeno's teasing fingers traced Sarah's spine, a controlled, intimate spark converting Desire into raw Proto-Ascension force.
The Core shuddered, its pulse flickering violently for the first time. Cracks appeared along its crystalline body, light refracting into impossible patterns. Sarah stepped forward, each movement synchronized with her harem.
"Formation Omega-Prime," she commanded.
The six women adjusted instinctively, creating a perfect lattice of physical and emotional vectors. Every brush of skin, every shared breath, every subtle shift in stance amplified the Proto-Ascension field.