The silence that followed Arthur's words hung heavy in the throne room. Aziel stood frozen, his brows furrowed in obvious confusion as he tried to process what his friend had just revealed. His eyes darted between Arthur's haunted expression and the decayed remains of the corrupted king.
But it was Lara's reaction that truly captured the magnitude of what had occurred. She stared at Arthur with wide eyes, her mouth hanging open in pure shock.
Arthur remained seated on the floor where he had collapsed, his hands still trembling from the intensity of what he had experienced, while his companions struggled to comprehend his words.
Finally, Lara found her voice, though it came out as barely more than a whisper laden with surprise and something that might have been excitement.
"Y-you got an echo!?" she stammered, the disbelief audible in every syllable.
