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Chapter 146: Dawn Over The Fractured Horizon
Author: Evans Duodu
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The first light of dawn crept cautiously across the battlefield, spilling gold over a land that still trembled from the previous night’s fury. Smoke curled from the charred remains of wagons and shattered towers, weaving ghostly patterns in the cold air. The storm that had lashed the valley had passed, but its echoes still lingered in the rumble of distant thunder.

Michael stood atop a ridge, the wind tugging at his cloak. Below, the valley stretched like an open wound—scarred, yet refusing to die. Men and women moved slowly among the ruins, gathering the fallen, mending tents, rekindling fires. Every small act of rebuilding seemed like defiance against despair itself.

From where he stood, Michael could see the banners of the survivors fluttering weakly against the rising sun. Each one bore a different color, a different crest—remnants of factions that had once warred against one another. Now, stitched together by circumstance, they stood side by side, unified by something more enduri
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