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Chapter 45 — The Shadow of the Fifth Flame
When Collins opened his eyes again, the world was silent.He was lying on the cold floor of the old mansion — the one where this journey had begun, deep beneath the ruins of his parents’ home. The same basement. The same air thick with dust and memory.But something was wrong.The air shimmered faintly, as if reality itself was breathing. Every surface pulsed with a faint red glow — veins of energy crawling across the walls like cracks in glass. The pendant around his neck, the crystal from his parents, burned with the same crimson light.He sat up slowly, heart pounding. “I’m back… but it’s different.”His reflection in the shattered mirror caught his eye — and for a brief second, it wasn’t his face staring back.It was his shadow.The eyes of that reflection burned with a deep black fire. It smiled — a twisted version of him.> “Did you really think you left me in the void?” it whispered.Collins stumbled back, grabbing the nearest object — a broken iron rod. “Who are you?”> “You k
Chapter 44 — The Roots of Stone
Collins staggered to his feet, shivering. The forest around him was alive — not with sound, but with breath. The air was thick and damp, filled with the scent of moss and soil. Ancient trees rose like pillars into a sky of mist, their roots twisting like the veins of the earth.Somewhere far off, thunder rumbled — not from the sky, but from beneath the ground.He rubbed his temples, trying to steady himself. “So this… is the final trial.”The voice that answered was deep, steady, and powerful enough to make the air vibrate.> “Indeed. You’ve danced with flame, flown with wind, drowned in water… but the earth, Collins Lutherchris, does not dance, fly, or drown. It endures.”From the fog ahead, a shape emerged — tall as a mountain, carved from stone and covered in emerald moss. Its eyes glowed like molten gold, and with each step, the ground trembled.> “I am Terragorn,” it said, “Guardian of Earth, the Last of the Circle’s Trials.”Collins stared in awe. “You’re… massive.”The giant ch
Chapter 43 — The Whisper Beneath the Waves
Collins awoke to cold.Not the gentle chill of dawn, but a deep, biting cold that sank into his bones. When he opened his eyes, he found himself suspended in water — vast, endless, and silent.There was no up or down. Just blue darkness stretching in every direction.His lungs didn’t burn, though he was clearly underwater. He breathed, and the water entered his chest like air. Somehow, it didn’t hurt.> “Welcome, Flame of the Fifth,” a voice echoed — soft, calm, and echoing from everywhere at once. “Welcome to the depths of what you fear.”A figure emerged from the misty waters — tall and graceful, her hair flowing like silver waves, her eyes as deep as the ocean itself. She wore armor made of scales that shimmered with faint blue light.> “I am Nerida, Keeper of the Third Element,” she said. “Guardian of the Water Realm. The one who remembers all that others wish to forget.”Collins glanced around — the stillness was unsettling. “The others tested my control. What will you test?”Ner
Chapter 42 — The Second Trial: The Breath of Wind
When Collins opened his eyes, the heat of the desert was gone.He was standing in a valley of floating stones and drifting clouds. The ground beneath him shimmered like glass, and islands of rock hovered silently in the air, bound only by invisible currents of wind.No sound. No birds. No rustling leaves.Just the endless whisper of air.Astraea’s voice was distant now, as if carried by the breeze.> “In this realm, strength means nothing. Only balance keeps you alive.”Collins took a cautious step forward. The surface trembled. With the next breath, the ground beneath him gave way — and he plunged into open air.He tried to summon his fire, but the flames sputtered. Every attempt to draw on his energy was stolen by the wind. It wasn’t just air here — it was alive, mischievous, and unpredictable.He fell between the floating rocks, wind tearing at his clothes.Then, out of the storm, a figure appeared — gliding through the air effortlessly, wrapped in flowing white robes.Her eyes wer
Chapter 41 — The Circle of Elements
Collins woke to silence.No wind, no sound, no pulse of the world.Only light — soft, golden, endless.He sat up slowly, his body still aching from the blast. The air here felt alive — like breathing pure energy. Each movement stirred tiny motes of color, rippling like dust in sunlight.Then he noticed it — the world wasn’t solid.He stood on what looked like a bridge of floating crystal, suspended above an endless sea of clouds. In every direction, great spheres of light floated — each pulsing with its own hue. Blue for water. Green for earth. Red for fire. White for wind.And at the very center, towering above all, was a great circular platform carved from obsidian and silver. Upon it sat four thrones, each glowing faintly.Lyra was nowhere to be seen.Collins took a cautious step forward. “Where am I…?”A voice answered — calm, melodic, but layered with power.> “Between worlds. The Sanctum of the Elements.”He turned — and there stood Astraea.Her silver armor gleamed under the sh
Chapter 40 — The Eclipse Begins
The wind screamed like a dying beast.The mountain trembled under Collins’s feet as the twin lights — his own fiery glow and the dark radiance of his father — stretched toward each other across the horizon. The very sky split in two, half crimson, half black.Lyra’s staff flickered violently. “Collins! You have to control it!”“I can’t!” he shouted, his voice breaking through the roar. His veins blazed like molten gold, and the ground around him melted into glowing cracks.Eryndor’s voice thundered in his skull.> “You are losing yourself, boy. This power answers to will, not fear!”“I’m not afraid!” Collins yelled, though his trembling hands betrayed him. “I just—”The words never finished. The air erupted with an explosion of raw energy. The flames around him shot upward, spiraling into the storm clouds. The world bent — as though reality itself couldn’t decide what to become.Lyra shielded her face as shards of burning stone flew past. “He’s tearing the barrier!” she screamed.Acro
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