Arthur dropped down from the sky and landed heavily on the command balcony. In his left hand, he held a massive pulsing sphere of dark swirling fluid.
It was the Harvester's Ocular Core. He had ripped it directly from the bisected corpse before it could dissolve into the void.
[Ding!]
↳ Item Acquired: Harvester Ocular Core.
↳ Description: A mid tier Primordial artifact. Contains immense reserves of spatial and conceptual formatting power.
Arthur tossed the heavy core onto the holographic war table. He didn't look victorious at all. His jaw was tight and his dark eyes narrowed as he looked back up at the jagged slowly sealing tear in the sky.
"Emperor?" Sylvia asked as she stepped forward. Her icy aura receded. "You killed it. The realm is secure."
"No it isn't," Arthur said coldly.
[Ding!]
↳ System Warning: The Harvester entity expelled a high frequency distress beacon upon death.
