Chapter 52: Whispers in the Shadows

Chapter 52: Whispers in the Shadows

All these people follow him for many different reasons. They all have their different purposes. These organizations and clan leaders rule their forces under one supreme leader.

Drip... Drip... Drip...

The sound of water echoed softly, an unsettling rhythm in the damp, dark hall. In the centre of an unknown island, a massive fortress rose ominously—a relic of ancient times, long forgotten by the world. Its obsidian spires scraped the heavens, jagged and unyielding as if they had once reached for the stars themselves, only to be cast down by time.

Inside, the air was thick with an oppressive unease. The long hall stretched endlessly into darkness, illuminated only by flickering torches that barely lit the way. Shadows danced along the cracked stone walls, alive in their menacing way. The flickering light seemed to pull at the edges of the room, hiding more than it revealed.