Edmond did not move at first. His mind felt blank, as if the flow of time halted around him. Athena's soul thread, her existential imprint, the connection he had nurtured for countless eras, had vanished completely. It was simply gone.
Edmond still couldn't understand what happened.
Sector lords did not feel grief easily. Their senses were too vast, their minds were too expanded. They processed emotions like universes processed matter: slowly, steadily, with unimaginable force. But when it hit, the reaction was catastrophic.
A faint tremor passed through Edmond's body.
The next moment, space shattered around him like a brittle shell.
Every origin being standing outside Origin Dimension instinctively knelt on the ground. Their bodies were crushed by the sheer gravity of a sector lord's rage.
They screamed but no sound came out. Their mouths opened but the pressure tore their throats apart before any words formed.
