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Chapter 100 – Duel of Shadows
The battlefield was a storm, but at its heart silence.The warlord’s gaze had locked on Eldrin, and the world seemed to bow to it. The clash of steel, the screams of dying men, the thunder of hooves muted, as though swallowed by the abyss itself. Soldiers drew back in awe and terror, leaving a circle of blood-soaked earth between the two.Isolde’s heart hammered in her chest. She wanted to drag Eldrin back, to scream at Kael to intervene, to throw herself into the storm and end it before it began. But she could not move. The weight of that gaze pinned her like chains.Eldrin forced himself to his feet, every joint aching, his veins burning with shadowfire. He could feel the abyss pressing closer, its whispers filling his skull like water rising in a drowning man’s lungs. The warlord’s power pulled at his curse, uncoiling it, urging it free.“This is what you were born for,” the warlord intoned, his voice deep, resonant, carrying across the entire field. “You are shadow given flesh. Wh
Chapter 99 – The First Collision
The horns split the morning air like knives.Dawn had barely broken, and the mist still clung to the ground, but already the earth trembled with the rhythm of war. Lines of weary men adjusted their grips on spears and shields, the scent of oil and iron heavy in their nostrils. Some whispered prayers, others bit down hard to keep their teeth from chattering. The plain stretched out before them, bleak and barren, as though the land itself had been stripped bare in anticipation of the slaughter to come.General Kael sat astride his scarred warhorse, his battered armor newly polished, though no shine could erase the years etched into his face. He rode down the line slowly, speaking in a voice that carried like a hammer striking an anvil.“Stand your ground. Do not falter. Do not break. You’ve seen the abyss itself and lived. Today you fight not only for your king, not only for your lands but for the chance that tomorrow still exists.”The soldiers raised their weapons, some with convictio
Chapter 98 – The March to Black Ridge
The camp broke at dusk.What had survived the night raid dragged itself together with raw hands and iron wills. Men buckled cracked armor, bound wounds with strips of linen still wet with blood, and slung packs over weary shoulders. The air smelled of smoke, sweat, and fear, but beneath it all ran a steady current of grim determination. They had bled, and yet they were still here.Kael barked orders with the force of a hammer striking iron. “Form in columns. Pack light. Shields on the outside, blades inside. We march through the valley and climb before dawn.” His scarred face gave no hint of exhaustion, though dark bruises sat heavy beneath his eyes.Eldrin stood a few paces from the front, adjusting the straps of his gauntlets. The curse burned faintly under his skin, a restless coil of shadow that whispered promises he refused to answer. His return from the abyss had bought him another day, but suspicion lingered in the eyes of many soldiers who looked his way. Some bowed their head
Chapter 97 — The Last Muster
Dawn came bruised and thin, a pale promise through the smoke. The camp moved like a wounded thing, men and women stirring from scattered sleep, patching armor, chewing stale bread, checking knots and teeth of swords. Where the scar of the abyss still smoked, soldiers kept their distance, as if the ground itself might remember and reach up to take them.Eldrin and Isolde came back slowly, leaning on each other as much as two broken people could. Their arrival quieted the ragged murmurs for a moment. Eyes followed them, curiosity and dread braided together. Some faces showed awe. Others were hard and small, the look of people weighing whether a man returned whole or cursed.Kael met them near the old stones that had served as their council ring. His jaw was a line of old scars. He studied Eldrin for a long, flat breath. “You returned the commander,” he said. “That alone keeps more men in line than any speech.”Eldrin nodded, though the effort showed on his face. He had wanted to be back
Chapter 96 – The Return from the Abyss
Light.Blinding, searing, unbearable light.For what felt like an eternity, there had been only darkness the abyss clawing at flesh, soul, and memory. But now, Eldrin opened his eyes to brilliance, to air that stung his lungs and burned his skin as though he had been reborn.He lay sprawled on fractured stone, his body trembling. Each breath felt like it carried shards of glass, but he was alive. Alive and free.Isolde collapsed beside him, coughing violently as she dragged herself from the abyss’s grip. Her hands still clutched his, knuckles white as if she feared letting go would cast him back into the void.The battlefield around them had changed.Where once the chasm yawned, now only a scar remained, jagged and glowing faintly as though hot iron lay beneath the ground. The abyss had closed, but not without a mark. Shadows still seeped faintly from the cracks, writhing like dying serpents before fading into the air.And beyond that scar, the army waited.Silence blanketed them.Hun
Chapter 95 – Chains of Dominion
The abyss was endless.No sky, no groundjust a vast, pulsing void that breathed like a living thing. The air was thick, cloying, charged with whispers that slithered into the mind, promising power, demanding surrender. Shadows stretched into grotesque forms, twisting into half-seen faces that mocked and beckoned.Eldrin hung suspended within it, bound by chains forged of pure darkness. They coiled around his limbs, digging deep into his flesh, their links searing with a black fire that bled into his veins. Every beat of his heart echoed like a drum, hollow and heavy, feeding the abyss itself.Isolde clung to him desperately, her arms wrapped around his trembling body as though her grip alone could anchor him. Her voice shook with determination even as tears streaked her face.“Eldrin, fight it. Look at me, not them!”But his head sagged, his eyes dimming beneath the assault of a thousand voices. Each chain that writhed around him whispered in a different tongue, yet all carried the sa
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