Chapter 82

• The war room was eerily quiet as the teams returned from the Umbral Void, still processing what they had found. The figure of Keeper Zareth, encased in black crystal, stood frozen in time—a relic from a past that no one even knew existed.
• The Nexus system had confirmed his identity, but beyond that, it had given no further details. The mystery of who he was, why he had been sealed away, and what had truly happened in the forgotten dimensions remained unanswered.
• Angelica stood beside Kael, arms crossed, her flames flickering uneasily. “We just found a Nexus Keeper from 15,000 years ago. And we have no idea why he’s here.”