The remaining guard yawned once, blinked slowly, and slumped forward in his chair.
I stepped out from the shadows.
My foot touched the rune array I had hidden here days ago.
It was invisible, but still fully functioning.
I pressed my palm to the floor and activated the Etherjack Rune etched onto my hand.
It drank my mana like a sponge.
Then, the world shifted.
Suddenly, data streamed into my mind.
It had feeds from cameras, logs from system access, records of alerts, and dozens of folders, each labeled with timestamps.
The feeling of opening a digital terminal inside your own thoughts was strange.
It felt like I was floating in a dream.
I copied everything into the runic memory storage linked to my Etherjack array.
Since I didn't need to worry about being detected this time, I let the transfer run at full speed.
In a few minutes, the job was done.
I stepped back into the shadows.
The guard returned not long after, yawning again.
