**Chapter 92** The avatar of the Void God hung low over Sanctuary City like a storm that refused to break. Its giant eye pulsed with purple light while thick black tendrils slammed down again and again. Zarek barely rested after being with Mira. He grabbed his hammer and went back out into the chaos. His body felt like it was falling apart but the rage kept him moving. The streets had turned into a nightmare. Whole blocks lay in ruins. Fires burned where the tendrils had struck. Survivors ran through the smoke carrying whatever they could. Zarek gathered the fighters who still had strength. Draven joined him once more. The two men looked at each other with tired eyes but said nothing about their past. There was only the fight now. They pushed toward the main mass of the avatar. Zarek built strong bridges from rubble so his people could cross the destroyed areas. He raised walls and spiked traps everywhere. The creatures poured out in front of the avatar like guards. Zarek charged s

Chapter 94 The avatar struck again as night fell. Its black tendrils rained down like whips from hell. Zarek dragged himself up from the ground where the last hit had thrown him. Blood ran from his mouth and his ribs felt cracked but he gripped his hammer and charged back into the fight. The core stability sat at two percent. One more bad push and everything would collapse. Draven fought next to him with bloodshot eyes. The two men tore through waves of pale creatures without a word. Zarek built walls of stone and metal from the ruined streets. He shaped them into killing traps that stabbed upward and ripped creatures apart. Black blood flowed like rivers in the gutters. The smell choked everyone but they kept moving. A tendril slammed down near the supply storage. It crushed the building and spilled what little food they had left. Hungry survivors rushed forward to grab scraps. Zarek saw three men stuffing bread into their shirts. He marched straight over and swung his hammer. The

**Chapter 96**Zarek stood with his hammer raised. Blood ran down his face and mixed with the sweat in his eyes. Vexar smiled like a wolf that had found easy meat. The Eclipse Devourer circled him slowly while red energy blades spun around his body. The avatar above roared and sent more tendrils crashing down. The whole square shook under the pressure."You are finished Architect," Vexar said. "Hand over the core and I might let your new baby live."Zarek answered with a roar. He charged forward and swung his hammer with every bit of strength left in his broken body. The hit landed hard on Vexar's shoulder. The living armor cracked and red energy leaked out. Vexar grunted in pain but struck back fast. His blades cut across Zarek's chest and opened three deep gashes. Blood poured out hot and fast.They crashed together like two storms. Hammer against red blades. Each clash sent sparks and black fluid flying. Zarek built spikes from the ground right under Vexar's feet. The Devourer laug

**Chapter 98**The core chamber had turned into a tomb of broken stone and blood. Zarek stood breathing hard with his hammer dripping black and red. His body felt like it was held together by nothing but rage. Vexar wiped blood from his mouth and stepped back toward his men. The Devourer looked at the chaos and laughed once before he signaled a retreat. His fighters dragged their wounded through the broken entrance. They would wait for a better moment to strike again.Zarek did not chase them. His eyes stayed locked on his mother. She stood near the damaged core with her corrupted body leaking black fluid. The purple glow in her eyes burned brighter. She no longer tried to hide what she had become.Kael had stopped screaming but he stared at her with wide terrified eyes. Mira had picked up Lira again and pressed the baby tight to her chest. She backed away slowly toward the safest corner."You should have killed me when you had the chance," his mother said. Her voice still carried pie

**Chapter 100**Zarek walked out of the core chamber like a man already dead inside. His hammer dragged slightly on the ground before he gripped it tighter. The sky had turned completely black even though it was morning. The avatar hung lower than ever. Its giant eye stared straight down at him with cruel pleasure. Vexar’s red portals opened again in the eastern district. Fresh fighters poured out ready to take what remained.The final collapse had begun.Zarek joined the front lines where Draven still fought with a handful of survivors. The two men did not speak. They simply killed. Zarek smashed through pale creatures with heavy swings that cracked bones and sprayed black blood. A tendril came down and grabbed two of Draven’s men. Zarek cut it with a spiked wall but the men were already gone. Their screams faded into the sky.More tendrils fell. More creatures poured in. Vexar’s men attacked from the side and stabbed anyone they could reach. The fighting turned into pure madness. Za