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Chapter 21: The Boss Who Worked Too Hard
Author: RainaHR
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The ticking clock in the absolute darkness reached a deafening crescendo before it shattered like a glass hammer against a stone wall. The white light that had swallowed Nicolás and Renata did not lead them back to the mundane reality of the city or the previous floor of the dungeon. Instead, it deposited them directly into the center of a massive, rotating gear that served as the floor for the Abyss of Work final chamber. The air was a thick, choking fog of metallic dust and the smell of ancie
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