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Chapter 226: At Death's Door
Jacob's heart was not beating. He knew this with detached clarity because he could feel the muscle in his chest trying to contract around the blade still embedded in it, failing, trying again, failing worse. Each failed attempt sent less blood through his body until his extremities went cold and his vision started to tunnel.Anna was screaming. He heard that distantly, like sound traveling through water. Her hands pressed against his chest around the blade, guardian light flickering weakly as she tried to channel healing energy she did not have. The light died before it could do anything useful."Stay with me," Anna said, or maybe shouted—Jacob could not tell anymore. "Please, Jacob, stay with me."He wanted to respond. Could not make his mouth work. His body was shutting down system by system, blood loss and heart trauma overwhelming what little the artifacts' residual power was doing to keep him alive.The merged artifact lay beside his hand. Still glowing faintly but that glow was
Chapter 225: Protecting Each Other
The Darkness coiled around Jacob like a living thing, tendrils searching for entry points while he struggled to maintain the merged artifact's protective aura. Anna's anchor helped but was not enough—the entity was too strong and Jacob too depleted to hold it back indefinitely.Then he realized the Darkness was not actually trying very hard to possess him.It was distracted. Still reaching toward Anna with the bulk of its attention, using Jacob as an obstacle to navigate around rather than a target worth consuming. The entity wanted her specifically, wanted the guardian bloodline for reasons Jacob could not begin to guess.He channeled power through the merged artifact despite having nothing left to channel. Drew on reserves that did not exist, pulled energy from places that should have been empty. The weapon blazed with light that was more will than actual power, bright enough to hurt looking at but lacking the substance to truly repel the Darkness.It was enough. Barely.The shadow
Chapter 224: Anna Enters Battle
Anna moved to Jacob's left without needing coordination. They had trained together enough that positioning was instinctive—her guardian abilities complemented his warrior techniques, creating gaps in enemy defenses that neither could exploit alone.Verons attacked her first, correctly identifying her as the weaker target. His shadow-blade carved through air fast enough to create sonic disruption.Anna blocked with a barrier that should not have held against that much force. Should not have, but did—because Jacob was channeling power through the merged artifact to reinforce her defense, the two of them connected through combat in ways that went beyond simple teamwork.She countered while Verons was still recovering from the unexpected resistance. Guardian light blazed from both hands in concentrated beams aimed at the joints in his shadow-armor where the protection looked weakest.Jacob attacked simultaneously from the other side. Not trying to hurt Verons directly but creating pressur
Chapter 223: Wearing Down
Jacob broke the blade-lock and stumbled backward, his transformed body finally showing signs of strain it should not have been capable of feeling. The merged artifacts' power was infinite in theory but channeling that infinity through flesh—even modified flesh—had limits that were now approaching faster than he wanted to admit.Verons pressed forward immediately. He had been waiting for this, watching for the moment when Jacob's control started slipping. Shadow-blade carved through Jacob's guard and scored a deep cut across his ribs that did not heal as fast as previous wounds.The artifacts' power was depleting. Not gone but no longer flowing at the rate needed to maintain the transformation at full strength. Jacob's semi-translucent form was becoming more solid again, divine fire in his eyes dimming to something closer to normal human intensity."There it is," Verons said, driving another strike home that Jacob only partially deflected. "The moment when unlimited power reveals its l
Chapter 222: Endless Combat
Jacob changed tactics immediately. If the Darkness fed on mystical energy, he would fight physically. No more reality manipulation, no more ancestral techniques that required channeling power through the artifacts. Just blade work and combat skill earned through his own training.Verons met him in the temple's main courtyard, which was now more crater than structure. They fought across broken stone and shattered columns, each strike delivered with precision but minimal mystical enhancement.It was not enough. The Darkness had already grown too strong from hours of feeding. Verons was faster than before, his shadow-enhanced reflexes outpacing even Jacob's transformed state. Every defensive position Jacob took, Verons found the opening. Every attack Jacob launched, Verons countered with something pulled from the entity's infinite memory of combat.They crashed through the courtyard's western wall and into what had been meditation chambers. The quiet spaces where guardians had trained fo
Chapter 221: Gods Among Men
The explosion cleared and both fighters still stood. Impossible, but there they were—Jacob wreathed in light that pushed back the shadows, Verons coated in darkness that absorbed the illumination around him. The ground between them had been carved into a crater fifty feet deep.Neither spoke. They just attacked again, resuming the battle without pause as if the reality-breaking explosion had been nothing more than catching their breath.Time became meaningless. The fight could have lasted minutes or hours or days—Jacob had no way to measure it anymore. His perception had shifted into something that experienced combat differently, each exchange of blows containing infinite complexity that unfolded across microseconds.The temple's upper levels collapsed. They fought through the falling debris, neither bothering to dodge when massive stones the size of houses crashed down around them. Jacob's light-blade carved through obstacles while Verons's shadow simply dissolved anything that touch
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