The desert split open.Not like the earlier cracks.This time the ground didn’t fracture, it peeled apart, as if the planet itself were being forced open from the inside.A deep vibration rolled across the battlefield, low and endless, like the first breath of something ancient waking up.Inside the prison tower, Lyra’s connection to the system surged violently.She gasped.Adrian rushed toward her.“Lyra!”Her hand was still pressed against the prison core, but now golden light was pouring through the cracks of the crystal like molten fire.Her voice trembled.“…Something’s waking up.”Outside, the Execution Warden stepped backward.For the first time since the battle began, the titan moved with something close to caution.The alien commander noticed immediately.“The Warden recognizes the threat.”Adrian looked at the enormous machine outside.“…Wait.”“That thing feels fear?”“Not fear,” the commander replied calmly.“Recognition.”The ground erupted again.A massive pillar of dark
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