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Chapter 247: Artifact Fusion
The First Betrayer was against the void's deepest edge now. One more push and it would fall into the place where nothing returned. But it was fighting back with desperate strength, clawing at reality to maintain its position."We need more power!" Anna gasped. She was bleeding from wounds Jacob could not even see, injuries inflicted in dimensions human bodies were not designed to exist in.Jacob's mother was fading too. Her form flickering more rapidly, like she was running out of whatever force had kept her present for fifteen years. "The artifacts. You need to unite them completely. Not just channel them together but merge them.""That will kill whoever does it," Jacob said. "The power is too much for mortal flesh.""We are already dead." His mother smiled sadly. "The moment we entered the void, we gave up our lives. Might as well use what time we have left."Jacob looked at the five artifacts still connected to him through Marcus's channeling outside. They were separate pieces, pow
Chapter 246: United Power
Jacob refused to leave. "We fight together or not at all. That is what you taught me."His mother looked at him. Really looked, and something shifted in her expression. "You sound like your father.""Good. He was right about most things." Jacob moved to stand beside her. Anna joined them on the other side. "Three guardians. Two bloodlines. We do this as a family."The First Betrayer had stopped expanding. It was consolidating now, pulling the consumed void back into a form that could attack them directly. "Touching. But futile. I have already won.""Have you?" Jacob's mother channeled power that made the void itself ripple. "Because from where I stand, you are still trapped in here with us. And we have something you never counted on.""What? Love?" The creature laughed. "I was the first guardian. I invented half the techniques you use. You think emotion makes you stronger?""Not emotion. Connection." Anna's guardian energy was flowing differently now, interweaving with Jacob's power a
Chapter 245: Mother's Return
Jacob's mother looked exactly as he remembered but also completely different. Her form flickered between solid and translucent, like she existed in multiple states at once and could not decide which to commit to."Mother?" Jacob's voice cracked despite everything happening around them."Yes, Jacob. I am here. Or what remains of me after fifteen years in this place." She smiled and it was his mother's smile despite the strangeness of her appearance. "I have been waiting. Fighting. Keeping him weak."The First Betrayer recoiled from her. Actually stepped backward, and Jacob realized the creature was afraid. Not much, but enough to notice."You should be dead," it said. "Consumed by the void or by my servant. No mortal can survive here for fifteen years.""I am not mortal anymore. Not fully." Jacob's mother gestured at her flickering form. "The void changes you if you stay long enough. Takes parts away and replaces them with itself. I am as much void as I am human now."Anna was staring.
Chapter 244: Together Into Darkness
Jacob grabbed Anna's shoulders. "Then we both go. We seal it together from inside.""But the artifacts need someone outside to—""Marcus can maintain them. For the critical seconds we need." Jacob turned to the old man. "Can you do it? Channel just enough power to keep the gateway stable while we push the Betrayer through?"Marcus nodded slowly. "It will probably kill me. But yes. I can hold it for maybe thirty seconds before the power burns me out.""Thirty seconds is all we need." Jacob looked back at Anna. "We go in together. Use our combined strength to force the seal. If two guardians working together can create stronger barriers than one alone, maybe—""Maybe we can make it permanent," Anna finished. Understanding dawned on her face. "Your mother was alone in there. Could not generate enough power to fully close it. But if there are two of us...""We might actually succeed. Seal it so completely that the Betrayer never escapes again."The First Betrayer had stopped walking. It w
Chapter 243: Anna's Decision
Anna spoke before Jacob could. "I will do it. I will stay inside to seal the void.""No." Jacob's response was immediate and absolute. "Not happening. We find another way.""There is no other way." Anna was already gathering the artifacts, preparing to channel them. "Someone has to stay inside to maintain the seal. That someone is me.""We do not even know if this will work!" Jacob grabbed her arm, stopping her from channeling. "Marcus is guessing based on theory and what happened to my mother. This could kill you for nothing.""And if we do nothing, that thing kills everyone." Anna pulled free and gestured at the First Betrayer, which was watching their argument with obvious amusement. "Not just us. Everyone in Seron. Everyone the Darkness can reach. Millions of people."The creature was advancing again, having apparently decided their planning time was over. Behind them, the surviving fighters were regrouping but they looked broken. Maybe fifty people left out of hundreds who had en
Chapter 242: The Void Plan
The First Betrayer stopped advancing. Its attention shifted to Marcus with something that looked like interest rather than dismissal."The void," it said slowly. "You want to send me back to the prison I just escaped from. Bold. Suicidal, but bold."Jacob helped Anna stand. "Can it work? Opening a gateway?""In theory," Marcus said, wincing as he tried to move his broken arm. "Your mother did it fifteen years ago. Entered the void to attack the Darkness from inside while your father maintained the seals from outside.""But she got trapped," Anna said."Yes. Because opening the gateway is the easy part. Closing it again requires someone on both sides—one person pushing from this reality while another seals it from within the void."The First Betrayer laughed. "And whoever seals it from inside cannot return. They become part of the prison itself, using their own life force to maintain the barrier. Your mother understood this when she entered. She sacrificed herself knowing she would nev
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