Just a few days earlier, Emery had finally stumbled upon an exit from the Eternal Void after what felt like an endless nightmare—two full weeks of wandering through its savage, formless expanse. When he emerged, it was not into safety, but into chaos.
The first thing that greeted him was a sky littered with tumbling asteroid fragments, jagged and fast, spinning in wild orbits around a volatile spatial anomaly.
"Please tell me this is the Magus Realm!" he muttered, half desperate, half hopeful.
He weaved through the swarm of tumbling rocks, each near miss sending sparks of energy across his protective barrier. In haste, he checked the Khaos Hub, attempting to connect to any available waypoints. Now that he had escaped the void, he hoped the waypoints would function. Instead of relief, frustration surged as the hub flickered uselessly. His thoughts darkened.
"What now?!" he demanded.
Two voices rose in answer, reverberating within his consciousness.
