HOLLOW CHOIR

Malik Creed treads the desert's scar to a church where the sun bleeds through barred windows. Inside, a priest kneels in a house long dead. This isn't a social call. Malik flashes a picture of the crystal, demanding answers about the dark arts lore. The priest's stone-faced facade crumbles into a grim warning: "Get out now, that's a demon's hymn".

The priest sighs heavy and spins a tale of a cursed trance. The crystal isn't just a rock; it's a tool that splits the stars from the night using a demonic spark. The Multiverse hums, and with a pen, it rewrites reality itself. The location of this forbidden knowledge is confirmed: The Verse is hidden in the Sixth Street Library.

The targets are identified: Zavion and Sylvara. They are fugitives hiding within the snare of the Verse. The Librarian warns that the tome is a trap and that the truth is a ghost. Malik ignores the superstition. He slides his number to the priest and steps into the dark where the void is awake. He isn't there to pray; he is there to hunt.