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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iOn7i8yUI
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He knelt and pressed his bare palm against the ashen ground.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rLGzBKrui
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Nothing happened.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1lxUEDMWS
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Cel frowned, staring at his hand. The ash remained unchanged - gray and lifeless as before.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbu5F40bb6W
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Then understanding struck.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnSCRYceZF
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'Right. An authority.'114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPShOR63nE
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j82nH08ag
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvArME6emrV
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfYWAGGAZA
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Cel's jaw tightened.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0U6M7l5Sb
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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…114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1qecUjS78
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Maybe that was something he had talent for. A consolation prize for his complete lack of combat ability.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSUhTcjt8t
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He closed his eyes and reached inward, searching for the Divine Energy within him.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vfIwTxvVc
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A void stared back.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCfqG482y2
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0IaZBgUgU
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Nothing.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF71vFGvQcc
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'What...?'114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0pC51UbZe
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlLb5BTPw9
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It was simply there.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuum0kwVZ5
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Unless…114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuB0sg43cKT
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'I couldn't be that talentless, could I?' The thought made his stomach clench. 114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKLOb0dnrq
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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?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97vfAnON4N
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That would be a new kind of failure entirely.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yZ5Q3MdZP
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He tried again. Reached deeper. Concentrated until his head throbbed.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBS2rA0Grvt
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Still nothing.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71dh1ffQuj
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Just the hollow echo of his own consciousness.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpYSwM5t5q
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Cel's eyes snapped open. His breath came faster, chest tightening.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2dPc3WHLW
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This was bad. Really bad.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzCaJIT84p
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6Wfisn0uc
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Panic clawed up his throat. His hands trembled.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVnU6KtmiZ
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'No. No, there has to be—'114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLT5FIxmiO
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He clenched his fists, nails biting into his palms. The sharp pain cut through the spiral of fear.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIFa5UGSpF
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‘Breathe. Think.’114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSrwzugAZK
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBhZl9m0m3
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'Fine. Forget sensing it directly.'114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVZ9ddSzFD
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeUA8k4lP4
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQo2xm3tBg
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Cold erupted beneath his hand.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLjaIVH8Uq
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4KYpIi5Yc
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He stared at his palm. The skin was pale, almost bloodless, but undamaged. Just... cold. Painfully cold.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeINojgUAo
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And where his hand had been, frost sprawled across the ash in delicate spirals.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5xXZQZZS0
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihbkdSsvD6
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Cel flexed his aching fingers,114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDq8jZb71K6
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'Of course. Of course it hurts me too.'114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNR80p72rw
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Not just his enemies would feel the frost's bite. He would too. Every time he used it.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iHnPPCf4X
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Another weakness. Another cost.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpzH380ELz
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Cel clenched his jaw and pressed his palm to the ground again.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWbQBrjVy7
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc78Pn2b3V
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9oeUbH37y
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His palm burned. Not with heat, but with cold so intense it felt like fire eating into bone.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32rru01Ql8
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Cel pulled his hand away, gasping.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi0Hnl4mcX
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDRHsdwKnF
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His breath misted white before him.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡso6vJKvEfm
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Not simple ice then. Permanent frost, frozen into the world itself.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFIrowEPbv
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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. 114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxjDa1BRsk
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Why couldn't he feel his Divine Energy? Every other Chosen could.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiklmv4PU1D
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He pushed the thought aside. It didn't matter right now. The authority worked. That was enough.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpX8QemkPFL
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Cel's fingers curled into a fist.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7QsckdvDX
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He'd admired the frost's beauty long enough. Now he wanted to see if it was more than decoration.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtouQ7NFlKi
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Without hesitation, he brought his fist down onto the frozen surface.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSSVTLTrMO
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The frost shattered instantly.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJxXOEz8bN
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLqUFAcHHi
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Cel stared at the broken pieces.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3MhDaZH5z
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Disappointment settled heavy in his chest. 114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKqAgfUjpb
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'That's it?'114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85wr7yqmsn
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdE0hVem2Kk
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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?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Lfhb2Skl1
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Frostmark was beautiful. Intricate. Cold enough to bite.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXNPZ4G34u
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But ultimately... fragile.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MVmcvRwvX
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Just like the Moon Goddess's reputation suggested. Weak. Unremarkable. Powers that paled in comparison to other Chosen abilities.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyFWivDuDt
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Cel flexed his hand, watching the last fragments of frost glitter in the crimson light.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWDN8JwrBq
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"Useless," he muttered.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgPRxl1OAu
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Then he turned his gaze toward the horizon, where the wasteland sprawled endlessly forward - empty and gray.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa38BxMFYa
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His mind shifted to more immediate concerns. Water. Food. Without either, he'd be dead long before finding any rift.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHB89YdSrG
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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—114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP0evqjnkt
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A shriek split the air.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtQMYHXKtX
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Cel's head snapped up, every muscle locking tight.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzFArtt6cj
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf24Z1sh8Lo
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His hand moved to summon Silent Moon, even before he consciously decided to do so.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF2D6VcXQH
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWflbJS1VJn
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A tremor ran through the ground.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJFDYM2eLn
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Ash jumped and scattered as stone cracked beneath his feet.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWURd0OguX
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Something burst from the earth perhaps fifty steps away. Gray dust billowed in thick clouds.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2V80aqn99W
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Cel dropped into a low stance, weight balanced, blade raised.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTOUIA9wVT
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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 spine114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzUm5lVPNH
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlYhonHanY
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But it was the head that froze his breath.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hpxMPtoG8
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwHqUDI5PG
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0o37IuSNts
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It didn't move toward him. Didn't even seem aware of his presence.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡded0U3WAHl
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Cel remained perfectly still, watching the creature scrabble past with growing recognition.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2AHtyZMSl
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That motion - the uncoordinated scramble of limbs, the raw instinct driving it forward without thought or direction.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEgxbviJLQ
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He'd moved like that in the crystal maze. Blind with terror. Running from something far worse than himself.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFdHUb4uAu
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The realization settled cold in his chest.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJntZwCpEWE
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The creature wasn't hunting.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRyXWh2vVH
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It was fleeing.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAgEuqc5F0
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Ash exploded.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuAFMNNXvf
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5dNOSZg3O
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The shriek cut off mid-sound.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhN4pBHzTR
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBazVl2zvhA
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When the air cleared, the predator had surfaced.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmtDqGvhQx
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Cel's eyes widened.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6R2NDtaky
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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. 114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVEpBCmq66
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No eyes. No limbs. Just that gaping maw ringed in saw-like fangs that glinted even in the dying light.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYU4TWEu0e
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The creature twisted once - an avalanche of scale and muscle that made the ground buckle beneath its weight.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiAy0mu1LX
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Then it plunged back into the earth.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhbt4OnVKK
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Stone sealed behind it like water closing over a dropped pebble. The rumbling faded. The ash settled.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLXftgykzk
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Silence crashed down.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbFf7XRNDb
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡly5jyffJe4
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The massive predator had surfaced close enough to perceive him. Close enough to turn. Close enough to devour.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr4ODv50KM
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But it hadn't.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLvvdKjq4z
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It devoured the fleeing creature and vanished without acknowledging his existence.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreleG3XHiK
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'Why?' The question burned through his paralysis. 114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyResDje04K
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He'd been right there. Visible. Vulnerable.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2I4lRyZjRk
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So why had it ignored him?114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLiNFQIkPk
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIF3sllIVeF
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Nothing stirred.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVJf4gEH4R
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The ash drifted lazily through the air. Silent and empty as before, the wasteland offered no answers.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQOWnOktLW
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZCNlwqwoV
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Gone. The thing was gone.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo0me7YE7t
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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.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhnKHHDUkn
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But no answer came. No sudden insight. No clear answer.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmjgDDhXTN
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For now, he needed to keep moving. Find water. Find shelter.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW19g9AeHNa
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He took a step forward—114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMye4tEJl4y
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The ground beneath him collapsed.114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhjo1esyUq
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