Gabriel’s Famed Deadly Mystical Shield

It was possible that he and Ethan would get scorched in their daring attempt to breach Gabriel's famed deadly mystical shield. Yet, deep within his core, he craved the sweet taste of triumph.

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"Consider the children," he continued hesitantly, grounding their conversation in stark reality. "The children you tirelessly care for in the chronic illness ward. Picture that ward eventually standing empty, not as a grim symbol of loss or death, but brimming with an exceptional triumph."

"Imagine, dear Liz, a day where those beds lay vacant because their little occupants have finally returned to their homes. Picture those young souls, relieved of their pained existence, living amid their families, their laughter reverberating through their homes, devoid of the sterile, clinical atmosphere of hospitals."