Erased [Ko-Fi Bonus Chapter]
And as that emotion was born, the elements merged.
Fire twisted into Water.
Water bled into Air.
Air solidified into Earth.
Earth combusted into Fire again.
A perfect loop. A cycle. A core.
And from that cycle… something new was birthed.
A force that had no name.
An energy that could not be classified.
Not elemental. Not spiritual. Not mana. Not will.
Just…
The dark crimson pillar contracted, folding in on itself like a collapsing star. Its energy coiled, twisted, and converged into the figure standing at its heart, and the world changed around him.
Atticus.
But it no longer felt like Atticus.
His form stood still, unchanged in flesh, but utterly unrecognizable in presence.