Once Erend entered his room and closed the door behind him, the quiet atmosphere immediately settled around him. The distant sounds from the rest of the house faded quickly while the tension he had been carrying since returning to this world surfaced once more inside his mind.
He stood silently for several moments before finally sitting down near the edge of the bed.
Then he closed his eyes.
His breathing slowed gradually while he focused entirely on the immense power resting deep within his soul. The System.
The foundation behind nearly everything he had gained and achieved until now.
The power responded almost instantly.
There was no resistance or delay.
It reacted to him as naturally as it always had.
At first, Erend only intended to contact Veyrun directly through the System itself. He simply wanted answers or perhaps clues regarding the Sky Anchor and the worsening corruption spreading across the world.
