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Chapter 90 – The Curse Unleashed
The ground trembled as the curse burst free from Eldrin’s body. Shadows erupted like black fire, tearing through the rubble, ripping trenches into the earth. Soldiers screamed, some thrown back by the force, others simply collapsing in awe or terror.The warlord’s monstrous grin widened. “Yes… yes! Let it out, boy! Become what you were always meant to be!”But this was no surrender. This was rage, raw and desperate, triggered by the sight of Isolde standing before him, ready to die for him.Eldrin rose slowly, his form cloaked in writhing darkness. His eyes glowed faintly, not the crimson of the beast, but a molten gold threaded with shadow. The curse had not devoured him it had bent, reshaped under his will.Isolde turned, her hair whipping in the violent wind of the surge. For a heartbeat she feared he was gone, lost to the abyss. Then she saw his gaze fixed on her, steady, defiant.“Step back,” Eldrin growled, his voice layered, half-human, half-something else. “This fight is mine.
Chapter 89 – The Beast’s True Face
The air split with a roar that did not belong to any mortal throat. The warlord’s monstrous form towered above the battlefield, half-shadow, half-flesh, a grotesque fusion of man and beast. Horns jutted from his skull, black veins crawling down his chest like molten cracks. His eyes glowed crimson, not with rage but with a sickening delight, as though he had waited years for this unveiling.The defenders froze in terror. Men who had stood against blades and fire now quailed like children. The weight of the revelation hung heavier than the enemy’s siege itself.Eldrin, standing amid broken corpses and a storm of shadow, felt his lungs seize. His curse pulsed violently, threads of darkness binding his arms and chest. The beast called to him not with words but with instinct, like a predator recognizing kin.Isolde’s scream cut through the madness from atop the wall. “Eldrin! Don’t let it take you!”Her voice was a rope dragging him back from the abyss. He tightened his grip on his sword,
Chapter 88 – The Siege of Shadows
The night sky boiled with ash. The capital ruins, once proud towers and marble arches, were now a blackened husk. The Riders of Ashen Flame encircled the city like a noose, their torches burning in the dark like a thousand hungry eyes.From the battlements of the eastern wall, Eldrin gripped the cold stone, staring at the approaching tide. His knuckles were white, not just from tension, but from the curse that writhed beneath his skin. The shadowmarks slithered along his arms, a cruel reminder of the bargain he never chose.Behind him, the fortress bustled with desperate life. Soldiers sharpened blades that were already nicked and broken. Archers stacked what few arrows remained. Civilians who had fled here for safety clutched children close, whispering prayers to gods long silent.A hand touched his shoulder. Isolde. Her eyes searched his face, not with anger as before, but with a fragile kind of resolve.“They’re ready,” she said quietly. “At least… as ready as they can be.”Eldrin
Chapter 87 – Ashes of Trust
The night was a bleeding canvas of smoke and fire. The camp still smoldered from the ambush, charred tents caving in on themselves, the stench of iron and burnt flesh thick enough to choke a man. Eldrin stood among the wreckage, his blade slick with the blood of both foe and comrade. Around him, the survivors scrambled to drag the wounded out from the ruins, their voices sharp with desperation.But it wasn’t the flames that set Eldrin’s chest ablaze. It was the eyes. Dozens of them, peering from the shadows of the camp soldiers, once loyal, now unsure. They had seen the darkness crawl across his flesh in the battle, had seen the shadow-mark flare like black fire across his chest.The whispers were venom.“He’s cursed.”“No man bleeds shadows.”“He’s not our savior he’s their weapon.”Eldrin sheathed his sword slowly, fighting the urge to silence them with steel. He could feel the curse humming in his blood, hungry, eager, whispering. The warlord’s voice coiled in his head like a serpe
Chapter 86 – The Beast Within
The air still reeked of scorched stone and charred blood. The walls of the dungeon had collapsed into jagged ruins, the once-solid corridors now fractured into a maze of broken pillars and molten cracks. Soldiers stumbled in the wreckage, coughing through the haze, their armor blackened by soot.Eldrin forced himself to stand amidst the devastation. His arms trembled as he tried to steady his sword. The blast had left him deafened, his vision a blur of red and shadow. But deeper than the pain, deeper than the ringing in his ears, something stirred. Something old. Something monstrous.“Eldrin!” Isolde’s voice cut through the haze. She was dragging a wounded soldier away from a falling beam, her braid matted with dust and blood. When her eyes caught his, she froze.Because the curse had already begun.Black tendrils licked across his skin like living fire, curling over his forearms and creeping up his throat. His veins bulged dark, pulsing as though his blood itself had turned to shadow
Chapter 85 – The Breaking Point
The dungeon lay in ruins. Smoke drifted like restless spirits across the shattered stone, and the acrid sting of burned flesh clung to the air. Where once stood the warlord’s black citadel beneath the mountain, now only jagged rock and broken chains remained.Eldrin stirred among the rubble, his head pounding, ears still ringing from the blast of shadow. His vision swam, blurred by blood dripping into his eyes. For a moment he thought he was buried alive, but then the pain in his chest reminded him he still breathed—barely.“Isolde…” His voice cracked. He pushed free of a fallen pillar, his arm trembling under the strain. “Isolde!”A faint groan answered him. Relief surged through his chest. He staggered toward the sound and found her half-buried under fractured stone, her armor dented, her lip split. He dropped to his knees, ignoring the fire burning in his muscles, and heaved the stones away until her trembling body was freed.Her lashes fluttered, her eyes finding him. “You’re stil
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