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BENEATH THE CORE
Author: Rising starr
last update2026-02-22 21:21:09

The black dust had not yet settled when the world shifted again.

The S grade entity that had ruled the Citadel for five years was gone. Crushed. Reduced to drifting ash that spiraled upward into the wind like it had never mattered.

But Draven had felt it in the final second.

That thing had not been the source.

It had been a nail hammered into the world.

And he had just pulled it out.

The Citadel square stood in stunned silence. The crimson dome had shattered. The oppressive pressure was gone. S
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