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Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Mark’s Shadow
The chamber was quieter now, though the silence was heavy, like the air before a storm. Elias sat with his back against the cold stone, his body still trembling, every breath ragged.The glow in his veins had faded but not disappeared It lingered, faint but undeniable, as if the Current had left a piece of itself lodged beneath his skin.Across from him, the Keeper lit a single lantern. The old man’s face was lined with shadow, his gaze unreadable. “You should not be alive,” he said finally.Elias gave a hollow laugh, then coughed blood. “Good to know.”The Keeper SpeaksThe Keeper lowered himself onto the ground, folding his legs like a man ready to lecture a child.“The Current does not grant life it takes it, It strips flesh, it burns the soul. Most who enter that circle die within moments. A rare few survive by surrendering completely But you ” He tilted his head. “You bent it. That should be impossible.”Elias shifted, grimacing as his torn skin scraped against stone. “So what ha
Chapter Seventy-Six: The Current’s Price
The chamber was silent save for the echo of dripping water. Elias knelt at the center, his body trembling, his mind caught between lucidity and collapse. The sigils carved into the stone floor pulsed with a dull glow, their light weaving around him like veins of fire.Across from him, the old Keeper stood with his hands folded behind his back. His eyes were sharp, unblinking.“You’re holding on longer than most.” the Keeper said flatly. “But that means nothing, The Current does not care how long you endure. It cares only if you yield.”Elias’s lips cracked as he whispered, “I… won’t.”The Trial DeepensThe Keeper lifted a finger. The glow beneath Elias’s knees flared. Agony speared through him, His veins felt as though molten iron had been poured into them. His back arched, his teeth clenched so hard blood seeped from his gums.The Current tore at him,Images flooded his mind not memories, not dreams, but fragments of something vast. Storms collapsing cities. Men burning from within, A
Chapter Seventy-Five: Storm-Forged
The storm cracked open above the ruins, lightning spilling across the shattered skyline. Lucas Sebastian stood in the downpour, his chest heaving, his fists clenched so tight the veins in his arms bulged.The shadows encircled him, low hisses reverberating through the rain. They moved like hunters, eyes glowing faintly, claws dragging sparks against the wet stone.Helena’s breath caught. She pressed her back against the wall of the ruined building, torn between rushing to Lucas’s side and knowing that, somehow, stepping into that circle would mean death.The AwakeningThe air bent, It wasn’t something she could see not exactly but she felt it. Pressure shifted, the storm leaning in toward Lucas, as if the sky itself recognized him.Lucas’s thoughts raced, heart pounding against his ribs. He didn’t know why his body felt alive, electric as though every drop of rain carried a thread of energy that pulsed into him. But he wasn’t afraid Not anymore.“I’m done running,” he growled, his voi
Chapter Seventy-Four: Echoes of the Current
Elias awoke to the sound of dripping water. His body felt heavy, every limb weighed down as though the river itself still clung to him.He lay on the cavern floor stone cold against his cheek, and for a long moment he didn’t move afraid that if he did, the power would flare again and tear him apart.But the cavern was quiet The serpent was gone. The water was still Only the hooded figure remained, watching him from the shadows The River Inside“You live,” the figure said. The words were not relief, but fact. Elias pushed himself up on shaky arms, grimacing as his muscles screamed. Blue light still pulsed faintly in the veins of his wrists, fading slowly with each heartbeat.“What did you do to me?” Elias whispered, His voice cracked.“I did nothing The river chose, You are bound to it now its heir. It answers you, as it once answered your father.”At the mention, Elias’s chest tightened. “My father? You know him?”The figure tilted its head. “I know what he was And what he defied. The
Chapter Seventy-Three: The Serpent of the Deep
The roar of the water drowned out thought. The serpent of the lake towered above Elias, its body coiling and uncoiling like a storm given form. Its head if it could be called that was a churning mass of liquid jaws, opening wide enough to swallow him whole.Elias stumbled backward, boots slipping on the slick stone. He threw up his arms without thinking,The serpent struck.First ClashThe jaws slammed down only to meet resistance. A dome of water shimmered around Elias, trembling under the force of the blow. He hadn’t formed it, Not intentionally. It had answered him, rising from the lake as if his terror alone commanded it.The impact cracked the shield, fissures spreading like lightning across its surface. Elias gritted his teeth, pouring every scrap of will into holding it together. His veins lit up, glowing blue through his skin, like rivers etched inside him.“Hold just hold !”With a final cry, the serpent’s head exploded against the barrier, scattering into thousands of droplet
Chapter Seventy-Two: Trial of the Current
The lake rose like a living wall. Water obeyed no law here it climbed, twisted, curled in on itself, suspended in midair as though gravity were nothing but a rumor.Elias stumbled backward as tendrils of liquid silver reached toward him, wrapping around his arms, his legs, his chest. “No....no, I can’t”The river didn’t care It dragged him forward, back toward the heart of the lake.The Hooded Figure’s CommandThe robed figure raised its hand, and the entire cavern seemed to tremble. “Breathe,” the figure commanded.“I’ll drown!” Elias gasped, thrashing.“Breathe.”The water surged over his head, sealing him in a globe of shimmering current. Elias screamed, the sound lost in the flood. His lungs seized, panic clawing at him. He pounded at the water prison with his fists yet it didn’t break.Then something strange happened, The water moved into him Not filling his lungs, but becoming them. Elias gasped and instead of choking, he inhaled. The water flowed through him like air. Cold, sha
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