Asef did many things after arriving on Yaka.
He made contact with the planet's strongest inhabitants, those who ruled with sheer presence.
They were unlike anything he had encountered before—creatures bound to both form and flame, spirit and command.
They called themselves Dragon Keldars.
Individually, none of them surpassed him in power. But they were not simply individuals. They were a collective. A hive of purpose and shared might.
He could not afford to anger them.
So, instead, he made an agreement.
It wasn't surrender. It wasn't a partnership. It was convenience, and both sides understood that.
They allowed him to move freely, and in turn, he did not disrupt the balance they kept.
His initial goal was still the same—return to his world. Return to the galaxy he came from. To find the brother who had taken everything from him.
But something changed.
