Klein's immediate reaction was pure terror.
What if this genuinely was his father? Or… What if this spectral figure was merely Kharzan still operating under Kassian's administrative control, functioning as just another puppet manipulated by his treacherous brother?
What if this was an insidious trap wearing a familiar face, specifically placed in his path to force him to lower his guard?
Klein scrutinized the phantom, desperately searching for the telltale signs; the signature contemptuous sneer, the purple ethereal thread of external control, anything that would definitively confirm the figure belonged to the enemy faction.
He found nothing.
However, he did not find any reassuring evidence to the contrary either.
But the spectral figure simply ignored him… It did not initiate an attack, it did not offer a greeting, and it showed zero signs of recognition.
