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Chapter 188 — Holding the Line Without Breaking It
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The pull began without warning. Kael felt it as a sudden drop inside his chest, as if something had reached through him and taken hold of a deeper layer that he could not protect with strength alone. Eron reacted at the same moment, his body tightening as the same force brushed against him.

Then it spread, not just through them but through everyone. The world engine had shifted again. Global energy draw initiated. Testing distributed resilience.

Eron’s breath caught. “It is pulling from everyon
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