Chapter 58: The Rising Threat

The rumble grew louder, and the walls of the temple trembled as if responding to an unseen force. Luke, Ava, and Raven barely had time to catch their breath before the ground beneath them shook violently, nearly throwing them off their feet.

"What now?" Ava growled, her voice strained as she regained her balance. Her eyes darted around the room, searching for the source of the disturbance.

Luke could feel it—the power in the temple wasn't just settling; it was shifting. The purification had worked, but the energy they had unleashed was stirring something else. Something ancient. Something far more dangerous than the corruption they had just driven out.

"We must've disturbed something," Raven said, her voice laced with urgency. "The temple—it's reacting to the purification. Whatever it was meant to protect or contain, we've set it in motion."

Ava's eyes flickered with frustration. "We just cleared this place of corruption! Now there's something worse?"