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Chapter 89: The weight
Author: Crimson
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The black beam split the darkness like a spear cast from the heavens.

Stone older than kingdoms dissolved into ash as it carved its way through the layers of the academy. Ancient runes ignited in desperate resistance before shattering one after another.

The prison was fighting.

And losing.

Jacob instinctively stepped in front of Lucian.

"How long?"

Cassian looked upward, his face pale.

"Minutes."

"Perhaps less."

The old archivist clenched his fists.

"The Academy's barriers were designed to with
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