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Chapter 71 – The Silence After
The explosion swallowed everything. The spear’s fractured core erupted in a storm of golden fire, its brilliance so absolute it erased shadow, stone, and sound itself.For a heartbeat, Emily knew nothing but heat, as if the universe had poured itself into her veins.When the light finally receded, silence pressed in. The cavern was gone, obliterated. In its place stretched a vast hollow, a wasteland of ash and fractured stone suspended in eerie stillness.Emily knelt in the center, her hands raw and bleeding, clutching the shattered remains of the spear’s shaft. Her breath came ragged, her chest heaving as tears streaked her soot stained cheeks.Grayson stumbled beside her, coughing dust, his armor scorched black. His sword was half-melted, and blood streamed down his temple, but his eyes fixed only on her.“…Emily…?” he rasped. “Did… did it work?”She didn’t answer. Her hands trembled as she raised what was left of the spear. The golden light was gone. Only faint embers flickered, fa
Chapter 70 – The Choice of Fire
The world was breaking. Stone thundered down from the collapsing cavern ceiling. Rivers of molten shadow burst from cracks in the earth, flooding every direction.Above it all, the Abyss loomed, its body expanding to fill the chamber, eyes glowing red like scattered suns.Emily knelt in the center, the ruined spear splintered in her hands. Golden light seeped between her fingers, each flicker accompanied by Adrian’s voice echoing faintly inside her head.“…Choose…”Her arms trembled. Tears streaked her face, mixing with soot and blood. “I can’t. Adrian, don’t make me do this please!”Grayson stood at her back, sword raised, blood running freely down his arm. His voice was hard, but underneath it trembled with unspoken fear. “Emily! Decide now. If you hesitate, it’ll consume us all!”The Abyss laughed, a sound like worlds collapsing. “Yes… choose. Save the vessel, and I devour your world. Kill him, and perhaps your kind delays the inevitable. Either way you lose.”Emily pressed the cra
Chapter 69 – The Shattering Light
The chamber detonated in brilliance. For one suspended instant, the oppressive darkness recoiled, every eye of the Abyss shrinking against the blast.The spear in Emily’s hands flared so violently that she thought it might consume her whole body. Heat burned her arms, searing through skin and muscle, but she held on with desperate fury.Grayson shielded his eyes, his massive frame braced against the shockwave. Fragments of shattered rock swirled in the air, frozen in the radiance like stars torn from their constellations.Emily screamed, the sound raw, half anguish and half defiance. She felt the weapon tear itself open in her grip. Golden veins of fire split the cracked shaft, crawling upward into her fingers and flooding her chest with agony.For a heartbeat, just one, she thought she saw Adrian’s face in the blaze, his eyes steady, urging her forward. And then the light collided with the Abyss.The monstrous entity reeled as the spear’s power pierced into its core. The writhing lim
Chapter 68 – The Pursuit of Shadows
The world was noise and ruin. The molten wave of darkness crashed through the cavern like a living storm, tearing down stalactites and ripping stone apart as if it were clay.Emily clung desperately to the spear, its flickering gold light the only thing keeping the suffocating void at bay. Each pulse burned her palms raw, but she refused to let go. “Grayson!” she shouted over the roar.“I’ve got you!” he barked back, seizing her by the arm. He hauled her up just as the ledge beneath them collapsed into the writhing sea of shadow.They stumbled together across the crumbling cavern, dodging as jagged pillars fell around them. The Abyss’s voice thundered everywhere at once, seeping into their minds. “You cannot run. His soul is already mine. You carry nothing but ashes.”Emily’s throat tore as she screamed into the dark. “You’re lying! Adrian is alive, I can feel him!”Grayson dragged her toward a narrow passage as the cavern shook apart. Walls split open, revealing tunnels bleeding molt
Chapter 67 – The Abyss Awakens
The silence was suffocating. The golden blast had vanished, swallowing all light, leaving the cavern plunged into absolute blackness. The molten rivers that had once glowed were gone, their heat replaced by a bone-deep chill.Emily’s heartbeat thundered in her ears. She clutched blindly at Grayson. “Where is he? Where’s Adrian?!”Grayson’s hand gripped her arm tightly. His voice was grim, strained. “Stay calm. The blast something changed. I can’t sense him anymore.”Her breath hitched. “No… no, don’t say that. He’s here. He has to be here!”The spear, which had been blazing moments earlier, now lay on the stone floor. Dim cracks of golden light flickered across its shaft, as if it were struggling to stay alive.Then came the sound. A low murmur, like a thousand voices speaking at once, echoing from every direction.“…The vessel has chosen… but choice is meaningless when the abyss itself has awakened.”Emily froze, her nails digging into her palms. “No… you’re lying. He fought you. He
Chapter 66 – The Vessel’s Choice
Adrian’s body was half-submerged in the shadow’s molten chest, golden veins blazing like cracks in fragile glass. The spear floated beside him, vibrating violently as though torn between two masters. Emily fought against Grayson’s grip, her voice raw. “Let me go! He needs me!”Grayson’s eyes burned with desperation. “If you touch that thing, it’ll drag you under too! Do you want to die?”Tears blurred her vision, but she shook her head furiously. “I’d rather die with him than watch him be taken!”The shadow’s laughter reverberated across the cavern, mocking and thunderous.“…Foolish hearts. This vessel was always mine. The weapon… the heir… the seal. It all belongs to the abyss.”Inside the shadow, Adrian’s mind was a storm. Darkness pressed in on every side, whispering in endless voices, taunting him, pulling at his memories.He saw his relatives sneering, his ex humiliating him, his boss tossing coins at his feet. Then the visions shifted. Emily crying, Grayson bleeding, the consort
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