It rose from the ashes of collapsed timelines.
A being of pure void. No face. No voice. Just hunger.
"The Firstbreaker," Elara whispered. "The one who shattered the first lattice. It predates the multiverse."
Reeva read energy levels. "It's not just destroying timelines—it's unmaking the rules themselves."
The being didn't attack.
It unwrote.
Buildings dissolved. Ground ceased to exist. Even concepts like gravity and light flickered.
Kael activated a fragment of the Keystone—its last spark—and forged a Stabilization Ring.
"We have minutes," he said. "Maybe less."
The team formed a triangle around the core fragment. Elara rerouted energy from Earth-Z3R0's ley lines. Reeva used dimensional anchors from the Warden Protocols.
Kael poured his existence into the circle.
And they held.
For now.
But the Firstbreaker watched.
And it remembered him