Chapter 33
[El'Vertigo Keep — Level 3, Command Spire]
Kiro moved like a shadow through the underhalls of the mountain keep.
The interior walls shimmered with obsidian alloy, forged in the Empire's star foundries. Between the glowing viora conduits and polished bone-marble floors, this wasn't a stronghold—it was a throne carved from war itself.
[Bio-Log Container Secured][System Note: Biometrics match—Access to Floor 4 Unlocked]
Kiro's stolen ID continued to fool the internal systems. Each scan pad and gate he passed offered no resistance.
Guards stood like statues.
He didn't speak to them.
Didn't look up.
Just walked, cold and confident—until he reached the inner corridor marked with the Sigil of the Mind Crucible, the neural data vault said to hold the Empire's war logs for Velmora.