No one knew how long had passed—seconds, minutes, hours—before it finally happened.
A clean, jagged crack split across the surface of the barrier.
Ethan's eyes lit up. He was just about to give the order—full power, all units, break it open—
When something shifted.
From deep within the barrier, a second figure emerged.
This one didn't explode onto the scene like Leonidas. He simply appeared—calm, composed, and infinitely more dangerous.
His eyes gleamed with the cold precision of someone who didn't just understand space—he ruled it.
In each hand, he held a weapon shaped like a twin-pronged fork, their edges so sharp they seemed to slice the very air around them. The energy they radiated wasn't loud or showy—it was surgical. Lethal.
He didn't move. Didn't speak.
But his presence hit like a death sentence.
Ethan's instincts screamed.
He immediately pulled up the system scan.
The interface flickered, then locked onto the target.
[Name: Rafael Dukara]
