Lights Off

The very moment the Mindhive's incorporeal eyes landed on Daniel, his anxiousness deepened beyond measure.

While he had been able to see the appearance of Daniel more than once in the past, be it in Heimart's mind, or in the memories of the mental warrior that he had killed, those ways had not allowed him a complete understanding of him. What was lost in translation, was the feeling of the chosen of Iewah. The feeling of the presence of another system.

To him, the presence of another system changed everything. For all he knew, Daniel could have used his system to create a path that led directly to his body, and while Daniel was significantly weaker than himself, he was more than aware of a system's unpredictability.

Just like the Mindhive noticed him as soon as he entered the third layer, Daniel noticed him as well.