Forty minutes of hard-won peace in the Eastern Reach dissolved the instant three distant district pylons flared with azure malice.
Across the metropolitan grid, Canal Row, the Western Terraces, and the Foundry Quarter ignited in the exact same heartbeat.
Hajin stood on the canal levee, feeling the resonance shockwave shudder violently through the ground beneath his feet.
Aria's tactical display flashed with urgent crimson warnings, painting geometric threat vectors across the municipal map.
[ Warning: Multi-Sector Compulsory Ignition ]
[ Active Nodes: Canal Row (100 Sleepers), Western Terraces, Foundry Quarter ]
[ Critical Hazard: School Street Corridor Infiltration ]
"A solitary frequency bound to a fixed anchor... I cannot hold three simultaneous districts with an overtaxed soul channel!" he gritted out, his knuckles turning pale.
He pushed his aura outward, desperately attempting to stretch his Phase Lock across the widening distance.
