The domain of the dragon were Lys has been staying for two months training and mastering the use of aetherium as time passes slowly in the domain.
A month in the domain equals a year in the real world, having now learning the meaning of aetherium and how to use the dragons power.
It was time to go back
Meanwhile
The GAPA organization has become more powerful in their creation of Wardens
Now having the power of dealing with lesser Eclipses they became the country's most powerful force .
Having joined the ranks after Lys death
Valerius was ranked a general so as Elda and Nyra who were still thinking about Lys
"It's been two years since we lost him" Nyra said
"Valerius do you think his truly dead" Nyra asked
Valerius said nothing .
The Shin dragon told Lys
" Your punishment is over , but you will not be able to go back to your old body "
Lys asked" then what do we do "
"I will create a new form for you with my little essence and you will channel all your aetherium to Move into the body if it fails you will be stuck in the void "
The Shin dragon explained
"Ok" Lys answered
They began as the dragon channelled all its essence and told Lys a farewell message
" We will meet again but time will be against us but do not mis use this opportunity, Farewell Lys Arken"
With the last essence gone
Lys Arken was now in a new body
He past apperance had dissolved but this one was different
Having pure long black hair with silver dragon eyes .
Lys Arken had been brought back .
At the Headquarters of the GAPA organization
Valerius senesed his presence almost immediately.
It began as pressure.
Not an alarm.
Not a surge.
A weight.
Across the city, instruments inside GAPA facilities froze mid-read. Synchronization monitors spiked, then dropped to zero—as if something had passed outside the system entirely.
Operators felt it before they saw it.
A tightening in the chest.
A sudden stillness in the air.
Something had entered the world.
Screens flickered.
Aetherium density maps glitched into impossible geometries, folding in on themselves.
"This isn't an Eclipse," one analyst whispered.
"No," another replied, voice unsteady. "This is… absence."
The director stood slowly.
"Lock down all Warden deployments," she ordered.
"Do not engage."
Deputy Astra felt it then.
Her Synchronization Rate jumped without input—climbing, straining—before violently stabilizing on its own.
"…Lys Arken."
She did not know how she knew.
She only knew it was him.
Sensitive students at the academy collapsed mid-training
Dormant Eclipse nodes went silent
Active Wardens felt their constructs hesitate, as if refusing to obey
Across the planet, those who touched Aetherium felt the same thing:
A presence that did not dominate.
It corrected.
This Lys did not scan his surroundings.
He already knew them.
He moved forward, coat brushing against the air, and every Aetherium current adjusted subtly—no longer resisting him, no longer obeying.
Simply aligning.
He was not Tier Zero.
He was not above the system.
He was outside it.
A single line appeared on a blacked-out screen, generated by no system GAPA owned:
AETHERIUM STATE: STABLE
EXTERNAL VARIABLE CONFIRMED
The director whispered:
"He's alive."
Astra's jaw tightened.
"No," she said quietly.
"He's changed."