The Rift Throne hovered in orbit—an impossible spire of shifting architecture, stretching across dimensions like a divine nerve.
When Elias sat upon it, the world changed.
> [System Alert: Global Reality Shift Initiated – Zones Detaching from Primary Timeline]
Skies split. Cities floated. Time bled sideways.
The Vanguard watched in horror as Tokyo blinked out of existence, reappearing in a looped echo.
Kai's system pinged.
> [Quest Activated: Break the Throne – 24 Hours Until Timeline Collapse]
"No more waiting," Kai said.
Mina and Nyx nodded. "We go now. We end it."
Through the time-gate in the crater, they entered the Shardfields—a fractured realm stitched together by Elias's will.
The throne waited above.