Chapter 12
Author: Adibi
last update2026-08-01 12:14:27

[Legendary Artifact Detected: Crown of Shadows - The Shadow King's Second Seal.]

Estimated enemy arrival time: five minutes.

A transparent black screen flickered before Kai’s eyes. Yet his gaze never wavered from the black ring resting on a velvet cushion inside the metal box.

For some reason, Kai’s heart began to pound faster. A warm tremor crept through his chest as if the ancient, intricately engraved dark metal inside the box had been waiting for him for years.

At that moment, the dense sha
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