Chapter 202: The Quiet Evolutions
The pitch-black darkness of the evolution vaults was heavy and silent.
Thick walls of lead and runic steel isolated the chambers from the outside world.
Inside the separate, fortified rooms, the medical sedatives finally burned out. The numbing chemicals faded completely from their bloodstreams.
Strike Team Zero was awake.
They braced themselves in the dark. Reaching Level 100 was supposed to be a terrifying, violent biological mutation. It was supposed to shatter bones and tear mana channels apart to make room for the new power.
They waited for the blinding agony.
It never came.
They were not mutating alone. They carried the ancient elemental spirits of Thaldrasil. The mythical entities acted as living insulators against the shock of the Awakenings.
In his isolation chamber, Lucien clenched his fists. He expected his nervous system to fry.
