The effect of Frostmark sounded simple - create a layer of frost on touch. Compared to Silent Moon's complexity, it felt almost insulting in its plainness.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kXwsqQUyw
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He knelt and pressed his bare palm against the ashen ground.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqkzYGVK86
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Nothing happened.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9UqWI2HyS
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Cel frowned, staring at his hand. The ash remained unchanged - gray and lifeless as before.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7Igr25n5V
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Then understanding struck.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1SqH62GCn
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'Right. An authority.'113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAggqlBlao
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Unlike summoning Silent Moon, which responded to pure intent, authorities required something more fundamental. Divine Energy - the wellspring of power that existed within every human.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpRQyThMQj
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Its capacity was largely fixed at birth, determined by bloodline and heritage. Growth was possible, but only through years of grueling work, and even then, the gains were painfully small. What separated the great from the mediocre wasn't just the size of that pool, but control. Precision. The ability to channel Divine Energy without waste.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vkeH7r7re
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The nobles held an advantage before they ever began training. Generations of Chosen bloodlines had concentrated their divine essence, passing down both larger pools from birth and inherited aptitude for wielding it. They started with more power and natural talent - experience was all that remained to cultivate.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpn6moua7kc
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Cel's jaw tightened.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1XaHnlibB
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At least he could be thankful for that much. Even if his father had cast him aside, even if the Sun Clan had deemed him worthless - he still carried noble blood. His divine essence should be above average at minimum. And his control…113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ281LX1xVEW
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Maybe that was something he had talent for. A consolation prize for his complete lack of combat ability.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IsnyX9mSj
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He closed his eyes and reached inward, searching for the Divine Energy within him.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezDD0KPxyG
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A void stared back.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTq5zLf69PQ
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Cel's brow furrowed. He concentrated harder, diving deeper into himself. Past the surface awareness, past the physical sensations of his body. Trying to find that spark of divinity the Moon Goddess had woven into his soul.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHuk5OGHpd
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Nothing.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOOde3Pf45
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'What...?'113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFwAItZ4GE
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Panic flickered at the edges of his thoughts. Every Chosen One could feel their Divine Energy, even if they couldn't control it well. It was fundamental - like knowing you had a heart beating in your chest. You didn't need training to sense it.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskAvw90SOV
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It was simply there.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzR1MV0dNg
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Unless…113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbDc32grpV
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'I couldn't be that talentless, could I?' The thought made his stomach clench. 113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52vhJ8Q0d1
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To lack combat skill was one thing. To be denied even the most basic awareness that separated Chosen from normal humans?113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5hYQMvqJD
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That would be a new kind of failure entirely.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ7P9E1mrJy
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He tried again. Reached deeper. Concentrated until his head throbbed.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjjvpeajkx
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Still nothing.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHysrKvTxQM
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Just the hollow echo of his own consciousness.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEH55JDkZ7
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Cel's eyes snapped open. His breath came faster, chest tightening.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALxNoVho5D
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This was bad. Really bad.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ469snNpOOl
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If he couldn't sense his Divine Energy, he couldn't channel it. And if he couldn't channel it, authorities were useless. Not just Frostmark - every authority he might ever gain. Locked away behind a wall he couldn't breach.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwShnUWgTC
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Panic clawed up his throat. His hands trembled.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj0cLEgCic
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'No. No, there has to be—'113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNcN5JXRyO
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He clenched his fists, nails biting into his palms. The sharp pain cut through the spiral of fear.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uUjraEW49
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‘Breathe. Think.’113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QsG7JJYqQ
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There had to be another way. There was always another way. He'd survived a year of torture, survived the trial, survived death itself. He wasn't going to give up because of this.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvBA182pzB
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'Fine. Forget sensing it directly.'113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFNKwSRM6w
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If he couldn't sense his divine energy directly, he'd try it the same way he'd summoned Silent Moon. Pure intent. Just... reach for it.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoz1BkdSpR
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He pressed his palm to the ash again and focused - not inward this time, but on the authority itself. On Frostmark. On the power the goddess had granted him.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqeqyESg8B
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Cold erupted beneath his hand.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GYOSL4Umj
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Cel yanked his palm away with a hiss, clutching it against his chest. Ice burned through his skin - not the gentle chill of winter, but searing, bone-deep cold that felt like his hand had been plunged into frozen water.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qARuaWPe5
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He stared at his palm. The skin was pale, almost bloodless, but undamaged. Just... cold. Painfully cold.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMmHLRYrst
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And where his hand had been, frost sprawled across the ash in delicate spirals.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡez1qwUbfyC
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The patterns were intricate - woven like lace into the cracked earth. Thin veins of ice crystallized the ash beneath, shimmering with pale blue light. Beautiful. Alien.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrs61e58a41
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Cel flexed his aching fingers,113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiO6OYZ7W3J
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'Of course. Of course it hurts me too.'113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTz0P4GflZ
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Not just his enemies would feel the frost's bite. He would too. Every time he used it.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgTZULv2Th
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Another weakness. Another cost.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRtOOmGxf3
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Cel clenched his jaw and pressed his palm to the ground again.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx747OQrbh6
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The cold slammed into him instantly - vicious and sharp, like knives of ice driving through flesh. His fingers went numb. Pain lanced up his wrist, into his forearm. He forced himself to hold it there, breathing through gritted teeth as frost bloomed outward in a circle.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokewNAeerJ
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A brittle sound whispered up from the earth - like glass forming beneath snow. The temperature dropped. The frost continued spreading, spiraling across cracked ground in delicate patterns until it reached the limits of his focus - then stopped, holding its shape with unnatural stillness.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTmsrSNYrd
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His palm burned. Not with heat, but with cold so intense it felt like fire eating into bone.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvywHVS57Fu
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Cel pulled his hand away, gasping.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDDYMLzMJt
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The frost lingered, unmoving, etched into the ground like a mark left by divine breath. He flexed his fingers slowly, feeling sensation return in painful tingles. When he touched the frozen surface, it was smooth, almost slick, but not wet. The ice didn't melt. Not even slightly.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29BK7L7MF3
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His breath misted white before him.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDYjucBEC0
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Not simple ice then. Permanent frost, frozen into the world itself.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvP5wPe4pa
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Yet even as the frost formed, he'd felt nothing inside him shift or drain. No awareness of the power he was using. 113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RFoYtdaya
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Why couldn't he feel his Divine Energy? Every other Chosen could.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrg6FnfwIUf
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He pushed the thought aside. It didn't matter right now. The authority worked. That was enough.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlylAbAzsBU
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Cel's fingers curled into a fist.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9m1xOh2Wc
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He'd admired the frost's beauty long enough. Now he wanted to see if it was more than decoration.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCD7XO6lqeL
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Without hesitation, he brought his fist down onto the frozen surface.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGabuFcy8xR
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The frost shattered instantly.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEuX1tZiVE
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Fragments exploded outward like glass striking stone. The impact sent a sharp crack through the air, and shards scattered across the ash in glittering sprays.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRncXZb5yQ3
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Cel stared at the broken pieces.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrN1DUKgPu
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Disappointment settled heavy in his chest. 113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazF3xsoukD
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'That's it?'113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31IhKJN2w2
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One punch. Just one, and the frost had given way like it was nothing. He hadn't even used his full strength.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFiXeIsAHR
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His shoulders sagged slightly. So much for trapping enemies or using it as a shield. If it couldn't even withstand a single hit from him, how was it supposed to hold against someone actually trying to break through?113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICobWDNEpi
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Frostmark was beautiful. Intricate. Cold enough to bite.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWjFRd4o5W
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But ultimately... fragile.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLcCutPoto
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Just like the Moon Goddess's reputation suggested. Weak. Unremarkable. Powers that paled in comparison to other Chosen abilities.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWF2dDmfABk
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Cel flexed his hand, watching the last fragments of frost glitter in the crimson light.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uukW4JyjC
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"Useless," he muttered.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXCNazs8we
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Then he turned his gaze toward the horizon, where the wasteland sprawled endlessly forward - empty and gray.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOBXoXR9Uf
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His mind shifted to more immediate concerns. Water. Food. Without either, he'd be dead long before finding any rift.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJ7SAwkD2B
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His restored body felt strong now - whole in a way it hadn't been for over a year. But that strength was an illusion. Starvation would claim him just as quickly as it had in that cell if he couldn't—113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJAtbWL1ae
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A shriek split the air.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLfECem1IM
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Cel's head snapped up, every muscle locking tight.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNq91SPcmJV
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The sound was high and sharp - like metal dragged across bone. It echoed through the wasteland, alien and wrong, making his skin prickle with instinctive dread.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwRtBdHudx
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His hand moved to summon Silent Moon, even before he consciously decided to do so.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrJalYcYaD
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The blade materialized in his grip, moonlight coalescing into solid steel. Four crescents ignited along its length with soft white radiance.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Xr5mF4OMB
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A tremor ran through the ground.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb8b4zLJNb
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Ash jumped and scattered as stone cracked beneath his feet.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4PbUwgK6L
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Something burst from the earth perhaps fifty steps away. Gray dust billowed in thick clouds.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA92HKWmDp
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Cel dropped into a low stance, weight balanced, blade raised.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYLrU4DHr4
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The creature slithered free with spasming, desperate movements. Stone-like skin - rough and ancient as the earth itself - covered a serpentine body that twisted and coiled. Its upper half carried limbs that sent unease crawling up his spine113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorWgQgq24A
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Arms. Grotesquely human in shape but stretched far too long, ending in clawed fingers that dug into ash with frantic purpose.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPr31MHOpt
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But it was the head that froze his breath.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YQ3AwjQKe
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No eyes. No nose. Just a mouth - a wide, circular maw ringed with concentric rows of needle-thin teeth that flexed and contracted with each labored breath.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PckX00aTl
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The thing hauled itself forward in violent bursts, its entire form trembling with urgency. Its head whipped side to side in erratic motions, as if trying to sense something through the ash.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqEshjYflC
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It didn't move toward him. Didn't even seem aware of his presence.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxGRyJuGyR
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Cel remained perfectly still, watching the creature scrabble past with growing recognition.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzzyelXqHX
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That motion - the uncoordinated scramble of limbs, the raw instinct driving it forward without thought or direction.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkSk1R2BWb
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He'd moved like that in the crystal maze. Blind with terror. Running from something far worse than himself.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUh9CaSdJNJ
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The realization settled cold in his chest.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxYywJ1DYl
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The creature wasn't hunting.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9xeEcsXvj
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It was fleeing.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZFqCIZ7jO
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Ash exploded.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXeFOHOtCN
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A shriek tore from the creature before the ground beneath it gave way to a circular maw - wide enough to swallow a house whole. Jagged teeth, wet with something black and steaming, slammed shut around the smaller beast with horrifying precision.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvLPhcGwwv
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The shriek cut off mid-sound.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL3Ln5xMnI
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Shockwaves rippled through the ash. Cel staggered, throwing an arm up to shield his face as debris scattered in every direction. Stone splintered. Dust billowed in thick clouds.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8jRvcFiwl
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When the air cleared, the predator had surfaced.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DDCuBzPFf
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Cel's eyes widened.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTc6hLE8Nd
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The thing dwarfed everything. Worm-like in form but bloated, armored in fractured plates of obsidian-black that pulsed with inner heat. 113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCFk3zy1Cu
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No eyes. No limbs. Just that gaping maw ringed in saw-like fangs that glinted even in the dying light.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88ls3nkAae
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The creature twisted once - an avalanche of scale and muscle that made the ground buckle beneath its weight.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2nLUolGRr
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Then it plunged back into the earth.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1R876NtKSP
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Stone sealed behind it like water closing over a dropped pebble. The rumbling faded. The ash settled.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKYN1OaRtJ
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Silence crashed down.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkQux0ZBtY
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Cel stood frozen, blade still raised, every muscle locked tight. His breath came shallow and too fast. His pulse hammered against his ribs.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvVQHHIGez
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The massive predator had surfaced close enough to perceive him. Close enough to turn. Close enough to devour.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR8Mii18Za
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But it hadn't.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZOUwUaWSA
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It devoured the fleeing creature and vanished without acknowledging his existence.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgkU7QCWt8
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'Why?' The question burned through his paralysis. 113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2plr5l4Co
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He'd been right there. Visible. Vulnerable.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGOV1jTCWY
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So why had it ignored him?113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhCFInh1kD
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Minutes passed. Cel's breathing gradually steadied, though his grip on Silent Moon's hilt never loosened. His eyes swept the fractured ground where the creature had vanished, searching for movement, for any sign it might return.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTrWH2I0h5
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Nothing stirred.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkGUCXWoKn
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The ash drifted lazily through the air. Silent and empty as before, the wasteland offered no answers.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDKbQWE93I
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Only when his legs began to ache from holding his stance did Cel finally allow himself to relax. The tension drained from his shoulders. His breathing deepened.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtc571DeKC
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Gone. The thing was gone.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvJ06gqOph
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His mind churned, trying to make sense of what he'd witnessed. The pattern, the rule that had kept him safe while the other creature died.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wvnCa6qMa
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But no answer came. No sudden insight. No clear answer.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fTDailhxT
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For now, he needed to keep moving. Find water. Find shelter.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFAh23ReQm
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He took a step forward—113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5b6KkA9LE
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The ground beneath him collapsed.113Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJOSXaOJeJ
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