Security bots patrolled the halls in formation. Their optics glowed red, but Kael moved between them like mist, aided by his new System Skill: Phantom Step.
Phantom Step Lv.1
Grants 3 seconds of true invisibility after movement stop. Cooldown: 10 seconds.
He disabled terminals, hacked doors, and slowly descended into the heart of the Citadel.
There, he found something unexpected: a cryo-chamber lab. And inside one of the stasis pods—
—a small child.
File Tag: "Subject #4 – Liro Asentha."
Kael's breath caught.
Lira's brother.
He was alive. Frozen. Preserved.
And suddenly, the betrayal made sense.