"Crul," called out Ethan, feeling the tide of refined energy settling within his meridians. "Did you find out where they fled?"
[Indeed, Master], responded Crul, projecting a series of runic coordinates onto the display. [According to the portal logs, I locked onto their destination coordinates. They are off-continent. They escaped to the Phoenix Empire continent.]
"Where they're holding my family, right?" muttered Ethan, his amethyst eyes narrowing. "I suppose we could pay them a visit."
[I wouldn't recommend it, Master], warned the synthetic voice immediately. [I breached their network base. Since I established a link, I recovered contact with the beacon I dispatched alongside your family. As the beacon remains on that continent, I hold a feed. I've breached their operations network—work is in progress. However, I uncovered something of interest.]
"Tell me what you found," ordered Ethan, crossing his arms as the nightmare shadow at his back flickered.
