Transition: A week into preparations, as Ashveil begins mass deployment—something older than the Nexus arrives.
It came without a warning.
The sky ruptured over Ashveil's towers like glass breaking underwater—distorted, shimmering with a color the eye couldn't register.
From that split in space, a figure emerged: humanoid, tall, cloaked in living fire that danced like corrupted data.
[System Alert: GODSPAWN ENTITY DETECTED]
[Tier Classification: 0 – Origin Class]
[All Resistance Parameters: NULL]
[Recommended Action: Disengage. Evacuate.]
The Guild froze.
Even the Ash Node stuttered.
Only Kael stood.
The Godspawn gazed directly at him. Its voice was a discordant echo that shook the walls:
"YOU WERE ERASED."
Kael's shardblade flickered to life. His hands shook—but he didn't run.
Behind the Godspawn, a rift shimmered… showing images not of Nexus—but of Earth. Or what was left of it.
A lab in ruins. Scientists screaming. A child in a pod. Kael, wearing the same uniform as those he'd once fought. And a shadowed figure… erasing his name from the system.
The Godspawn extended a hand.
Echo screamed: "KAEL—MOVE!"
The rift closed. The entity vanished.
Ashveil fell into silence.
But something had changed.
The Nexus wasn't just corrupted.
It was haunted by its creators.