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Chapter 62. What Remains After the Cut
Author: Achie Ver
last update2025-08-26 21:12:34

The chamber was breaking apart. Roots snapped like bones. Sap poured from the walls, glowing brighter than fire.

The air shook with the sound of endless screams, voices of the dead, voices of the lost, voices that had been buried inside the Gardener’s flesh for centuries.

Kai’s sword was buried in the pulsing core. Golden fire still burned across its surface, cutting deeper with each heartbeat, but Amara’s scream filled everything. “Kai!”

Her voice split into two tones, hers, soft and human, and the Gardener’s, deep and cruel. “Fool! You think you cut me? You cut her!”

Kai’s chest shattered. His hands trembled on the sword. “Amara, hold on!” he shouted, his throat raw.

The soldier staggered behind him, half-blinded by the light. “Damn it, Crest, what did you do?!”

The heart split open, roots peeling away like flesh. Inside, faces writhed, men, women, children, all the lives stolen by the Gardener.

Their mouths moved in silent agony, their eyes glowing green, and at the very center,
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