Ethan's guard shot up instantly.
He triggered a full system scan, but there wasn't a single trace of the Burrow Drake left behind.
Just as he was about to press deeper into the chamber, the system let out a sharp alert.
New data flooded his interface—
These runes weren't part of any standard magic formation. They were something far older—an ultra-ancient energy-genetic encoding structure.
Each rune was linked to the next, forming a stable pathway that pointed toward a separate spatial node.
And inside that node, the energy density was off the charts—far beyond anything in the current zone.
Ethan's breath caught.
This wasn't just a ruin.
It was a gateway—an interface to something that hadn't fully opened yet.
After a brief hesitation, he followed the system's guidance and slowly extended his energy across the surface of the runes.
The reaction was immediate.
