The skies they crossed were a restricted airspace. Heavily monitored. No-fly zone unless you had the right credentials of an Overseer, or in Achilles' case, enough power to make credentials optional.
Their warship soared through without a hiccup, while Achilles extended his Ecological Empathy III and had his senses sweeping across the fortified landscape below.
Beyond the walls and energy barriers, he felt it- an eruption of power that was tightly packed into one small human body. An Advanced Human. A Transcendent!
She stood at the very center of it all like a solitary creature while not far from her…
BZZT!
A crimson portal pulsed.
Achilles locked onto it immediately as his eyes shimmered with cold anticipation.
That portal wasn't just ominous; it was leaking Primordial Energy that, for him…meant a fresh source to assimilate.