Chapter 142: The Gathering Storm
The dismantling of the Directed Potential Project was a public spectacle meant to reassure, but in the shadows of other empires, it had the opposite effect. The news of a "sentient glade," a "Resonant Lens" that could judge intent, and a network that cultivated the very soil of inspiration was not seen as a philosophical wonder. To the hardened rulers beyond the borders of the reformed Empire of Athalor, it was the emergence of a terrifying, unprecedented power.
Three major powers watched with growing alarm.
