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NINE
“The path to the Sunken Cathedral is not a straight line,” Grok warned, his voice clear but low. “The land around it is really something else. It twists and plays tricks on the eyes. We must follow the old river path. The water that is left there remembers the real way.”They moved out without a word. The city was overwhelmed with stunning silence . There were no birds singing, no sounds of people. It felt like the whole world had died or was hiding. The buildings here were very old. They were covered in a dark, wet moss that seemed to move slowly.The first light of dawn was grey and weak. It did little to warm the cold, dull city. Hagel’s small team met at a broken gate. There was Hagel, Elara the mage, Tycus, and Grok. The big shifter moved stiffly and with clear pain, but he would not stay behind.Elara walked with her hands held up. A soft, golden light came from her palms. It formed a faint, lively bubble around the four of them. “This shield hides our life energy from them,” sh
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Ava rushed to Hagel the moment he entered. “Hagel! Your arm…”The shifter camp was not just a place, but a movement. It was set up in the hidden basement of a textile factory, the air already filled with the smell of river damp, fur, and healing herbs. Mobile shelters were arranged in a defensive circle, and the shifters themselves. Men and women, who could take on beastly aspects, watched Hagel with serious, intelligent eyes.“It’s shallow,” he said, though it really stung deep. “Mia?” “Stable. Asleep. She’s in shock, but she’ll live.” Ava’s gaze crossed to Grok's face, who was nursed by a shifter healer. “He really saved you?”“He did.” Hagel looked around. Jorin and a handful of other Contra Sangues were there, looking battered but still determined. They had survived. “The communication tower is compromised. We’re on our own.”“Then what’s our next move?” Jorin asked, his voice low but hopeful. “We can’t fight a war cut off from our command.”“Our command may be the… ones who sold
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Tycus held his metal pipe so tightly that his hands hurt. His face was pale. He looked at his friend, Hagel. "What is the plan?" he asked. His voice was shaky.Hagel was already at the old control panel. His fingers moved quickly over the dusty buttons. "This tower has an old alarm system," Hagel explained. "It has very loud sirens and bright flashing lights on the roof. I am going to turn it on."Tycus's eyes grew wide with fear. "But that will bring every enemy in the city right to us! It is suicide!""No, it is a trick!" Hagel said sharply. He did not look up from his work. "It is a diversion. All the vampires will look here, at the tower. They will come to us. But that is the point. While they are focused on us, Ava and Jorin can move Mia to a new, safer hiding spot. The rest of our team can run away and hide. Then, they will meet us later." His finger pointed to a big red button on the screen. It said "EXECUTE". "The moment I push this, we run. We run to the old warehouse distric
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A silence suddenly filled the air. It was heavier than any darkness Hagel had ever known fell after the vampire mage's threat. The only sound was Mia's slight, painful sighs. He looked at his team—Jorin, Tycus, Ava. In their faces, he felt the same fear that gripped him and had some place in them, too.“We are not leaving her,” Hagel said, his voice cutting through the silence as if it was piercing material. He knelt beside Mia. Her uniform was torn and dark bruises were already welling up on her neck and arms. Her eyes were wide, staring at nothing."The threat… one hundred humans…" Jorin stuttered as his hand shook on his weapon.“Is a bluff designed to paralyze us,” Hagel interrupted, though he wasn't sure he believed it. “If we stop now they will win without a fight. Ava, Jorin, get Mia to the safe room. Now. Be swift and silent.”They moved quickly, lifting Mia with care. She whimpered but didn't speak.Hagel turned to Tycus. The new recruit’s face was white, but he stood his gro
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The strange silence of the mage world shattered in a flash of claws. A violent hiss rustled in the air, and before anyone could react, a vampire not a mage, but pure, unmixed darkness rushed from the trees and hit its jagged claws into Hagel’s head.He dropped to his knees, vision blurring, blood dripping down the side of his face. Ava screamed his name, pulling her blaster from its holster, but the creature vanished into the shadows, its job done to warn.The others Liam, Kenji, and the two scouts stood frozen in horror. They had tracked too close, and now… they’d been marked.“What the hell was that?” Ava whispered, her eyes wide.Hagel pushed himself up, groaning. “A pure vampire. No mage... no beast traits. That thing was bred for blood. And it just delivered a message.”They had been hunting mage vampire types who were once humans, animals, or beasts, now fused by dark energy into unpredictable hybrids. But this was something else. Something born from shadow and hatred.“We need
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"Ooh…!" Acquilles made a noise, its eyes focused above normal air level.Hagel turned to Jorin and asked him. "Wait... Did you call Acquilles?”"No, I didn't..." Jorin replied, noticing the bird approaching his arms far from the sky. "He called his name, but did not call him..." Tycus added, nudging his own left elbows as a sign, that he probably would have kept quiet. "No worries, the idea you gave is valid and valuable... I think Acquilles is growing wiser these days" Hagel remarked, studying the fast pace at which the bird flew downwards, and toward Jorin's side. "I can discern the bird coming now... Why is Acquilles acting funny though?" Jorin stated, ending it with a question. "That is not funny actually... It is only gaining more skill in wisdom, Mr Jorin!" Tycus said, according to his own very clear intelligence. "Yes, I agree…" Hagel rejoined. "Skill in wisdom?" Jorin asked Tycus. "Yes... what I meant was... ways of using its wisdom. Hawks can fly high, but eagles can f
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