CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THREEKelvin froze.Gale raised his staff immediately.Jacob and Leisa moved backward.For several seconds, nobody spoke.The creature was tall.Much taller than a normal human.Its body was covered in dark armor that seemed to move with every breath. Strange markings covered its arms and neck, glowing faintly beneath its skin.But it was the eyes that caught Kelvin's attention.They were completely white.The creature looked around the room.Then its eyes stopped on Kelvin.“So.”Its voice was deep.“You are the one.”Kelvin tightened his fists.“One what?”The creature took another step.“The one carrying the key.”Kelvin's hand moved toward his amulet.Gale stepped in front of him.“You will not touch him.”The creature looked at Gale.“You again.”Gale's expression hardened.“You should have stayed asleep.”The creature smiled.“And you should have died years ago.”Gale attacked.He swung his staff with incredible speed.The creature raised one arm.The sta

Kelvin stared at the darkness beyond the door.Nobody moved.The voice had disappeared, but the words remained in his mind.Come inside.He tightened his grip around the amulet.“Who are you?”There was no response.Kelvin took another step forward.Gale immediately grabbed his arm.“Don't.”Kelvin looked at him.“Why?”“Because we don't know what is waiting inside.”Kelvin pulled his arm away.“We already know something is waiting inside.”“That doesn't mean you should walk toward it.”Kelvin turned toward the old man.Marcus was still standing several feet away, watching him carefully.“You said I already know how to open this door.”Marcus nodded.“And now it is open.”“Then you know what is inside.”Marcus sighed.“I know what it used to contain.”Kelvin frowned.“Used to?”Marcus looked at the darkness.“Whatever was sealed inside has changed.”Jacob stepped closer.“Changed into what?”Marcus looked at him.“That is what we need to find out.”Kelvin looked at Gale.“You're comin

“Son.”The word echoed through the fortress.Kelvin didn't move.His eyes remained fixed on the figure standing beyond the door.The First Divine.For several seconds, Kelvin couldn't understand what he had just heard.“Son?”The Divine smiled.“Yes.”Kelvin's expression hardened.“No.”The Divine tilted its head.“You don't believe me.”“I don't even know you.”“You will.”Gale stepped forward.“Kelvin, don't listen to it.”The Divine slowly turned toward him.“You.”Gale tightened his grip around his staff.“You remember me.”The Divine smiled.“I remember everyone who betrayed me.”Gale's face changed.Kelvin noticed.“What does that mean?”Gale remained silent.Kelvin turned toward him.“Gale.”The Hunter didn't answer.The Divine laughed softly.“You still hide behind silence.”Gale raised his staff.“You were sealed for a reason.”“Yes.”The Divine looked at him.“Because you were afraid of what I would become.”Kelvin frowned.“What are you talking about?”The Divine looked bac

The blazing eyes remained fixed on Kelvin.Nobody moved.Kelvin stared at the creature.“What are you?”The creature stepped forward.Its enormous body slowly emerged from the shadows.It had four arms.Its skin was dark and covered with strange markings that moved whenever it breathed.Kelvin felt the power coming from it.It was unlike anything he had ever encountered.Jacob stepped backward.“That thing…”Leisa looked at him.“What?”“I saw it.”Kelvin turned.“You saw it before?”Jacob nodded.“In the vision.”Gale tightened his grip around his staff.“Stay behind me.”The creature suddenly spoke.“Gale.”The Hunter froze.“You remember.”Gale's expression hardened.“I remember enough.”Kelvin looked at him.“You know this thing too?”“No.”The creature laughed.“He knows me.”Kelvin's eyes narrowed.“Then tell me what it is.”Gale didn't answer.The creature stepped closer.“I was there the night you brought him here.”Kelvin's expression changed.Gale looked at the creature.“Do

“It is awake.”Marcus's words remained hanging in the air.Kelvin stared at him.For several seconds, he couldn't say anything.The deep heartbeat beneath the fortress continued to shake the walls.Boom.Jacob swallowed hard.“Then what are we supposed to do?”Marcus looked at him.“Run.”Kelvin frowned.“Run?”“Yes.”“You said it was already awake. How far do you think we can run?”Marcus looked at Kelvin carefully.“Far enough to stay alive.”Kelvin shook his head.“No.”Marcus frowned.“No?”“We are not leaving.”“You don't understand what is coming.”“Then make me understand.”Marcus sighed heavily.“You have always been stubborn.”Kelvin stared at him.“And you have always kept secrets.”Marcus looked away.“That is why you are angry.”“That is why I don't trust you.”Silence followed.Gale stepped between them.“This isn't the time.”Kelvin looked at him.“When will it be?”Gale remained silent.“When I am dead?”Marcus looked toward the passage behind them.“We don't have time