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Chapter 81. The Last Light
The air in the chamber grew heavy. It was not just heat or smoke, it was pressure, like a hand squeezing down on the lungs, choking every breath. The Hive’s whispers no longer came as faint murmurs. They were thunder now, rolling through the cracked walls, rattling the broken ground.Jonah stood tall despite the blood dripping from his arms and chest. His claws were blackened, his golden fire dim. His wings sagged, the feathers ash-stained. And yet, he did not kneel.Kevin clung to him, trembling. The boy’s glow pulsed faintly, but Jonah could feel it pulling away from him, dragged toward the monster that stood before them.The True Vessel had risen. It towered twice the height of the old form, its body twisted and jagged like black stone wrapped in living flesh. From its back jutted long, spiked limbs, writhing like serpents. Four burning eyes glared down at Jonah, unblinking, merciless.And at its chest… glowed something worse. A white light, faint but familiar, caged in black vei
Chapter 80. Shadows of the Hive
Smoke and ash still drifted through the broken chamber. The floor was a crater of cracked stone and burnt flesh, the air thick with the stench of fire and blood.Jonah knelt in the center, his arms wrapped protectively around Kevin. His claws were dull now, faint sparks dancing weakly across them. His wings hung heavy, torn and singed. His chest heaved, every breath shallow, his body screaming in pain.Kevin stirred against him, the boy’s glow barely more than a flicker. His small hands trembled as they gripped Jonah’s chest. His eyes opened halfway, weary but searching. “Is… it over?”Jonah wanted to say yes. He wanted to tell the boy it was finished, that they had won, that the nightmare was done. But his golden eyes lifted through the smoke, and froze.A shadow moved within the haze. Heavy footsteps echoed, each one making the broken ground tremble, then it stepped forward. The Vessel.Its body was burned and cracked, smoke hissing from deep wounds. Its armor was split in several
Chapter 79. Rise of the True Vessel (Part 2)
Jonah stood, his body shaking, blood dripping down his arms, but his fire burning again. The flames were weak at first, trembling like a candle in a storm. But Kevin’s glow pressed against it, feeding it, steadying it.The boy’s small hand slipped into Jonah’s clawed one. Their light merged, golden fire and soft glow weaving together until sparks showered across the chamber.The Vessel’s four eyes narrowed. Its voice thundered. “Foolish. You cannot resist forever. You burn only to delay the inevitable.”Jonah bared his teeth in a bloody grin. “Delay’s all I need. Long enough to burn you down.”Kevin’s voice cracked, but he shouted beside him. “We’re not afraid of you!”The Vessel roared, black flames bursting from its body. The chamber walls twisted like flesh, tendrils writhing toward them. The ground split, black ooze rising in waves.Jonah and Kevin didn’t move back. They stepped forward, side by side. The Vessel lunged first, claws sweeping down like blades. Jonah met them with
Chapter 79. Rise of the True Vessel
The cocoon split apart with a sound like thunder tearing the sky. Red light spilled into the chamber, blinding, pulsing with a heartbeat that shook the walls. Jonah shielded Kevin with his wings as fragments of hardened flesh and bone rained down. The ground quaked beneath them, fissures splitting the floor wide.From inside the cocoon, a massive claw slid free. Its talons were long as spears, armored in black steel-like bone. Another claw followed, then a leg, then a head that pushed out with a guttural roar. The creature that emerged was larger than anything Jonah had faced. Twice the size of the first Vessel, its body layered in plates of black armor that pulsed with veins of red fire. Spikes jutted from its back like a crown of blades.Its face was twisted, neither beast nor man, but a mask of hunger. Four blazing eyes glowed in its skull, each one filled with the Hive’s endless malice. When it opened its mouth, the voice that came out was no longer just Olos, it was the Hive
Chapter 78. Birth of the Vessel (Part Two)
The chamber echoed with the sound of claws scraping stone, fire cracking like thunder, and Kevin’s strained breathing. Jonah stood bleeding, fire flickering weakly around him, while the Vessel loomed with its many arms stretching wide, claws dripping black slime that smoked when it hit the floor.The monster grinned, its red eye blazing. “Every strike you give me only feeds my form. You can fight forever, Jonah, but in the end, you’ll die, and the boy will be mine.”Jonah spat blood and raised his claws again. His legs shook, but his golden eyes never wavered. “Over my corpse.”The Vessel laughed, a deep, layered sound that shook the walls. Then it attacked.The beast came down like a hurricane, six massive claws slashing in arcs of black fire. Jonah met it head-on, his claws sparking gold against red, each strike echoing like steel against steel.The first blow drove Jonah to his knees. The second tore a gash across his arm, blood sizzling in his fire.Kevin cried out, pressing har
Chapter 78. Birth of the Vessel (Part One)
The cocoon shook like thunder. Every crack in its surface glowed with fire-red light, each pulse louder than the last. Jonah could feel the heat of it burning against his skin even from across the chamber. The floor vibrated under his boots, veins bursting with black fluid that hissed like acid when it touched the ground.Kevin clung tight to Jonah’s arm, his small body trembling. His glow flickered, faint and unsteady, but his eyes stayed locked on the cocoon. “Jonah…” His voice shook. “It’s waking up…”Jonah’s claws tightened, golden fire racing along his arms. His chest rose and fell, every breath heavy with rage and dread. He spread his wings wide, standing tall before the monstrous egg. “Then we kill it before it takes its first step.”The cocoon split wider with a deafening crack. A massive claw pushed through, dripping with black slime.Its talons dug into the ground, carving deep trenches. Another claw followed, then the cocoon burst apart with a sound like bone snapping.T
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