Ethan instinctively took a step back.
He could feel it—clearly. That flame wasn't just raw destructive force anymore. It had begun to carry a higher-order stability, a structured resonance layered into its core.
After a brief moment to steady herself, Ignara finished equipping the Powered Combat Armor.
The moment the armor touched her skin, the surface runes shifted automatically, adjusting their configuration to sync perfectly with her bloodline and energy frequency.
The armor's output efficiency surged.
The flow of her Undying Flame was re-channeled, optimized along new, more efficient paths.
But that wasn't the end of it.
Some of the auxiliary modules didn't remain as separate systems. Instead, they began to merge with her energy field—drawn in, absorbed, and restructured by her bloodline itself.
That wasn't part of the design.
It was something else—something rare.
A resonance-level adaptation.
Her energy began to spike.
