The path had finally become clear.
Not as a road visible to the eye, but as a direction that now felt so strong it was impossible to misinterpret.
For the first time since their journey began, Aurelia no longer felt like she was searching.
She… was heading toward something certain.
The entity beside Aurelia moved slowly.
Its lines of light were now far more stable than before.
There were no longer defensive patterns or chaotic reactions. It moved like something that had accepted the same direction.
The units behind remained guarding the core.
Yet the core now beat in rhythm with the path ahead of them, as if their entire existence was beginning to align with the final destination that awaited.
Kael narrowed his eyes.
"Can you feel it?" he asked softly.
"Now everything feels like... it's pulling toward one point."
Orion nodded.
"Directional convergence nearing completion."
Ragnar exhaled.
"There are no more branches."
Aurelia did not deny it.
