World at War

Haatim monitors three demon engagements in eighteen hours as Abigail's corruption broadcasts a beacon drawing demons to their location. He calculates the team has roughly two weeks before collapse while secretly researching a possible cure in a private notebook.

A guerrilla operation successfully extracts a civilian from a low-tier demon. Post-mission, Haatim reviews six weeks of operations and Arthur warns that Belphegor's silence signals strategic regrouping.

Abigail hunts a low-tier demon alone in Chicago. Golden eyes permanent. Six months since she left the team. Efficient kills, bare safehouse, loneliness. The corruption grows with each kill.