-hijabolic--it-was-supposed-to-be-a-sacrifice--... Now

The "Sacrifice" was no altruistic act. The Eon Circle had secretly manipulated the ritual to harness the Core’s power for themselves. However, their calculations failed. The Core retaliated, unleashing Chaos Fissures —ravaging cities with gravitational storms and temporal rifts. Lira, far from dead, was transformed. The Core’s energy fused with her blood, mutating her into a volatile entity—a Living Rift .