As soon as Ren left the plan started…
Because the Witch of corruption had absolutely not been wasting her time during the long calm.
She hadn't just been quietly mutating new horrors in the dark of her ruins. She had been meticulously studying the macro-movements of humanity's most lethal asset. She had been mapping Ren's behavioral patterns, analyzing exactly how the young commander used his time and responded to localized pressure.
And her twisted mind had reached a terrifyingly simple, absolutely correct conclusion: If she applied heavy, irregular pressure to an adjacent sector, the boy's inherent heroic complex would force him to abandon his own post to help, blindly trusting his automated toys to cover his absence.
That was exactly what Selthia wanted.
A window. Just one clean, unobstructed window without him probing the rings near her ruins or on his side of the wall.
