Valdis's physical form disintegrated into motes of fading starlight, consumed by the chaotic hunger of the Space Tunnel.
Adrian stood still in the aftermath. He didn't receive anything from the Arbiter's death, and it still surprised him to why he hadn't received a Quest earlier.
But Von didn't have time to dwell on the System's silence. He knew exactly what he had done. Killing Valdis wasn't a victory; it was just an escalation.
He hadn't just swatted a fly; he had poked the hornet's nest. And now he was truly against the Concordat.
Adrian was in a race against time, and he was currently losing.
He was still trapped. The Reality Anchor, though weakened by his resonance attacks, still held the dimension in a vice grip. His connection to the Factory remained blocked.
'Two objectives,' Adrian strategized, his mind splitting into parallel processing streams as he continued to disrupt the Anchor completely to regain mobility. While also trying to reach the Galactic Core.
