Eventually, another incarnation signal reached Lucien.
He recognized it immediately and departed without delay.
This search proved more difficult than most of the previous ones. The connection was faint, stretched across layers that were harder to reach, and for a time even the Obsidian Tower struggled to maintain a stable path.
Still, the link created by the incarnated individual never disappeared completely.
Lucien followed it until the surrounding space finally opened around a distant small world.
The moment he confirmed the connection, the tension in his expression eased slightly.
He had found another one.
As with the others, Lucien transferred the entire world into his Divine Energy Core without disturbing its inhabitants. Afterward, Seran helped establish contact with the Liberator living inside and guided the process that followed until the Origin Core fragment was finally surrendered and merged with the rest.
Then Lucien waited.
