Halverin was no longer the same.The walls had been reinforced, the gates rebuilt, and a small Sealer outpost had been erected near the old abandoned field.
But the fear… still remained.
Ren and Kael walked through the streets with firmer steps.Their bodies had changed. Their eyes as well.
They were no longer children.
On Kael’s left wrist, the silver seal pulsed softly.On Ren’s, the symbol was different — dark, unstable, as if incomplete.
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Kael suddenly stopped.
“Did you feel that?”
Ren frowned.
“Feel what?”
Kael’s seal shone brighter.
“Something… responded to my power.”
Before Ren could answer, the ground trembled.
“ABYSS! AN ABYSS HAS OPENED!”
The screams came from the southern district of the city.
People began to run.
Ren felt his heart race.
“No…”
Kael turned to him, serious.
“This wasn’t supposed to happen here.”
They ran.
Seals are meant to contain.
But what happens…
when the seal itself becomes a beacon?
The Abyss does not open randomly.
It answers.