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Chapter 26 Scourged Earth
Author: Zaint
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Arel didn’t wake with a gasp or a scream. He just was. One moment, total oblivion, then a flickering surge of something akin to static through his skull. He lay on his back, the texture of damp, rough concrete digging into his shoulder blades, smelling like an ancient tomb. The air tasted of rust and forgotten promises. Above him, a jagged laceration sliced across the sky—not clouds, but what looked like torn digital fabric revealing a dizzying expanse of deep purple nothingness, peppered with
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