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Chapter 219: Ancestral Power
Jacob moved and the world bent around his motion. Not speed exactly—more like existence itself accommodated his will, rearranging space to put him where he needed to be. His blade met Verons's shadow-weapon and the impact sent shockwaves that cracked the ground beneath them.For the first time since the transformation, Verons actually had to work to defend himself.Jacob attacked with techniques he had never learned but somehow knew perfectly. A strike his great-grandfather had used to kill a demon three centuries ago. A defensive pattern his grandmother had developed while fighting Argo's invasion. Forms and styles that predated written history flowing through his body like muscle memory inherited through blood.Verons blocked the first combination but the second caught his ribs, scoring a line across shadow-flesh that actually bled. Not much—just a thin trickle of something too dark to be blood—but proof that Jacob could hurt him now."Impossible," Verons said, retreating three step
Chapter 218: Unification
The five artifacts orbited Jacob's body in patterns that defied geometry. They were not moving through space normally—each one occupying multiple positions simultaneously, as if reality could not decide where they were and gave up trying to enforce consistency.Jacob felt them inside him. Not as separate objects but as extensions of his will, each one connected to different aspects of what he was becoming. Artifact one carried memories of his ancestors' first battles. Two held knowledge of mystical techniques that had been lost for generations. Three contained the pure guardian power that had protected Seron for centuries. Four was rage and determination crystallized into physical form. Five was something else entirely.Five was the Darkness.He could feel it trying to consume him from within, flooding his mind with visions of civilizations burning and reality unraveling. The entity was not just connected to the artifact—it was woven into its fundamental structure, impossible to separ
Chapter 217: The Realization
Jacob held Verons suspended in the air while power from four artifacts coursed through him in ways that should have killed him instantly. His father's warnings echoed in the back of his mind—never unite the artifacts, never attempt to channel their combined power, never cross the threshold from wielder to vessel because mortal flesh was not designed to contain forces meant to shape reality.But his father had been wrong about one thing. Or maybe right in a way he had not understood.The artifacts did not want to destroy their bearer. They wanted to transform them.Jacob felt it happening to him now. His body was changing at levels too deep to perceive directly—cells restructuring, mystical pathways opening that had been dormant since birth, the barrier between physical form and pure energy beginning to dissolve.It should have terrified him. Instead it felt like coming home."You cannot do this," Verons gasped, still struggling in Jacob's grip. Shadow poured from his body but the ligh
Chapter 216: Rage Awakening
Something broke inside Jacob. Not physically—the healing had addressed the broken bones and collapsed lung. This was deeper. Something fundamental that had been holding back a reservoir of power he did not know existed.Anna was dying. Right there in front of him with Verons's blade through her shoulder, blood spreading across her chest in a pattern that looked too much like the way his father's blood had spread across temple stones fifteen years ago.History repeating. The people he loved murdered by enemies who thought themselves untouchable.No.The word came from somewhere primal. Not a thought but a rejection of reality itself, a refusal to accept what was happening no matter what laws of physics or mystical power said was possible.Jacob's eyes snapped open and they were not his eyes anymore.Fire blazed in his pupils—not metaphorical flame but actual mystical energy burning so hot it distorted the air around his face. The artifacts he had been carrying responded to something in
Chapter 215: Desperate Sacrifice
Anna placed both hands on Jacob's chest and channeled power she did not have. The guardian energy came from somewhere deeper than her normal reserves, pulled from the place where life itself resided. She felt it tearing through her as it left, each pulse like ripping pages from a book until there would be nothing left but empty covers.Jacob's heart stuttered. Once. Twice. Then caught rhythm again, beating weak but steady.Anna collapsed forward onto his chest, gasping. Her vision was graying at the edges and her hands had gone completely numb. Marcus was saying something but the words were not making sense, like he was speaking a language she had forgotten how to understand."You gave too much," Marcus said, and this time the words penetrated. "Anna, you need to stop. If you channel any more you will kill yourself.""He was dead," Anna whispered. "I had to.""And now you are dying instead. Is that better?"She did not have an answer. Could not think clearly enough to formulate one. J
Chapter 214: First Defeat
Time did not actually stop. It just felt that way because everything happened at once—Ben Tate's guardian corps hitting Verons from three sides simultaneously, Roseline's blades carving through the air where his throat had been a moment before, Marcus throwing something that exploded into blinding light that made the shadow coating Verons's body recoil.The coordinated assault bought Anna exactly two seconds.She grabbed Jacob and started dragging him toward the exit. His body left a blood trail across the sanctum floor, red mixing with the darkness that seemed to be seeping from the walls themselves.Verons recovered from the surprise attack faster than should have been possible. His shadow-blade swept through Ben's guardians and three of them fell with wounds that would not heal. Roseline barely dodged the backswing, her coat torn but her body intact as she rolled away and came up moving toward the exit."Running?" Verons called after them, his voice carrying amusement that made Ann
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