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Chapter 746
Christopher stared at her for a long moment, her words sinking into his heart like stones into still water. Hope. It was such a fragile thing—so easily crushed, so easily lost. And yet, it was the only thing that had kept them going through everything. The only thing that had kept them fighting when the world was falling apart around them."You're right," he said quietly. "Hope is all we've got. And maybe that's enough."Wilfreda nodded, a small, fragile smile on her lips. "Maybe it is."***They returned to the estate just as dawn was breaking over the city. The sky was pale and gray, the clouds still heavy with the memory of darkness. The streets were quiet, the chaos of the night finally subsiding. But the silence was not peaceful—it was the silence of exhaustion, of grief, of a city that had seen too much.The family was waiting for them in the living room. Julia was the first to see them, her face pale, her eyes red from crying. She rushed to the door, her hands reaching for the
Chapter 745
Wilfreda and Christopher raced back to the car, their hearts pounding with fear and hope. The streets were still empty, the city still shrouded in an eerie silence, but they didn't notice. They didn't notice anything except the road ahead, the path that would lead them to the Nexus—and to Chance.That was their only consolation. If Chance had been taken by Doomdoer's undead army, then there was only one possible place they could have taken him.They just hoped to arrive there on time before something bad happened to him. Gerald had been corrupted by Doomdoer and they were not ready to let the same thing happen to Chance.Christopher drove this time, his hands gripping the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles went white. Wilfreda sat beside him, her eyes fixed on the darkness ahead, her mind racing with a thousand terrifying possibilities.What if Chance was dead? What if Doomdoer had killed him? What if he was already corrupted like Gerald and was now one of Doomdoer's undead army?
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The three of them drove through the chaotic streets of the city, weaving through abandoned cars and debris. The undead army had moved deeper into the city, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake—burning buildings, shattered windows, bodies lying in the gutters. The streets were empty now, the living having fled or hidden, but the echoes of screams still lingered in the air.Chance gripped the steering wheel, his knuckles white. Wilfreda sat beside him, her eyes fixed on the road ahead. Christopher sat in the back, his violin case clutched to his chest like a lifeline. No one spoke. There was nothing left to say.After driving for another couple of minutes, they turned a corner and saw them.The undead army stood in the middle of a wide intersection, their black eyes gleaming in the dim streetlights. Dozens of them—maybe more—standing in perfect formation, their bodies still, their faces blank. And at the front, leading them, was Gerald.He stood with his back to them, his posture
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Fredrick met Christopher's gaze, his eyes filled with sorrow. "To free Gerald's soul, someone must take his place. Someone must willingly sacrifice themselves to the darkness, to break the bond that holds him."The room fell silent.Christopher stared at Fredrick, his mind reeling. "You're saying... to save Gerald, one of us has to die?"Fredrick nodded. "Yes. That is the price."Christopher turned back to the television, where Gerald was still leading the undead army through the streets. His heart pounded. His thoughts raced. He thought of Gerald—his sacrifice, his bravery, his love for his family. He thought of Ava and Grace, of the future Gerald would never see. He thought of the three roots—Chance, Wilfreda, and himself—and the prophecy that had brought them together.And he knew what he had to do."So there's really no other way?" Fredrick shook his head. "I'm sorry. The prophecy is clear. The debt must be paid. One of you must give everything."Chance looked at Wilfreda. Wilfr
Chapter 742
Just as Gerald led the undead army up through the old service tunnels toward the streets above—the power returned.It happened all at once. The rolling blackout that had plunged the city into darkness for hours suddenly reversed. Lights flickered back on in buildings across the skyline. Streetlamps hummed to life. Traffic signals blinked red, yellow, green. The neon signs of the financial district blazed into existence, casting colorful reflections on the wet pavement.The city came back to life.But it was the wrong kind of life.The undead soldiers emerged from the tunnels into the bright, artificial light—and the horror became visible for all to see. Their pale skin. Their black eyes. Their mechanical movements. The blood staining their clothes. The emptiness in their faces.Gerald led them with mechanical precision, his empty eyes fixed on the path ahead. He didn't speak. He didn't think. He just followed the orders he had been given.The first sign of trouble came when they reach
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Deep beneath the city, in the ancient site known as the Nexus, Doomdoer stood before a stone altar. The cavern was vast, lit by flickering torches that cast dancing shadows across the walls. The air was thick with the smell of decay and ancient magic—a scent that clung to the back of the throat and refused to leave.Around him, arranged in a circle, were dozens of preserved corpses—men and women, young and old, all of them taken from the cemeteries and morgues of the city. Their eyes were closed, their skin pale, their bodies perfectly preserved by Doomdoer's dark arts. They were waiting. Waiting for the spark of life that would turn them into his soldiers.This was everything he had waited so long for. Vor'athal was just a means to an end, and as far as he was concerned, once he gets the army ready to serve him, then there will be no undoing to his tyranny.Soon, he'll become the god of the earth and Chance and the rest of the O' Connors would understand why he adopted the nickname "
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