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Chapter 26 - Fragments of Deceit : The forgotten core

The Phantom Tower groaned under their weight as the group ascended to the next sector. Elias, bruised and bloodied, walked ahead—Soul Echo Blade humming faintly on his back.

Aya offered him a flask of recovery elixir. "You pushed too far, Eli. That wound—"

"I know," he interrupted, wiping the blood from his lips. "But if Arkanis was holding back, I need to be ready when he goes all in."

Mira looked up from her interface. "We've crossed floor 20. From this point on, the system layers new protocols—psychic manipulation, memory erosion, identity shatter zones. It'll try to tear you apart from the inside."

Lilith cracked her knuckles. "Let it try."

But Seris... said nothing.

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Deeper Into the Tower – Floor 27: Garden of Forgotten Bonds

They arrived at a field. Not metal, not code—an actual field. Flowers bloomed. Sunlight poured in. The kind of place that shouldn't exist in a corrupted system tower.

Elias narrowed his eyes. "This is wrong."

Then she appeared.

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