The world before him was…
Impossible.
There was no sky, yet light pulsed from above.
There was no ground, yet his steps left imprints on something real.
It was as if the laws of existence were being rewritten in real-time, shaping themselves based on his very presence.
So this place was never meant to be reached.
It's forming itself around me… because it doesn't know what else to do.
Aiden grinned.
"Good. That means I get to decide what happens next."
And then—
The world responded.
The Beings of the Forgotten Realm
From the endless expanse of shifting light and void, figures began to emerge.
They were not like the Elders of the Eternal City.
They were not like gods, mortals, or anything he had encountered before.
They were shapeless, shifting between pure energy, fractured time, and cosmic force.
And yet—
They were aware.
They spoke.
"You should not be here."
