The Price of The Song

The chamber lay in eerie stillness. The Spire, once trembling with the weight of something dark and ancient, now stood in silence. The silver chains around the entity remained whole, their glow fading to a dull shimmer.

Elias’s fingers slipped from the harp’s strings. His breath was ragged, his heart still hammering in his chest.

He had done it.

The song was complete.

The entity was sealed.

But as he stood there, staring at the bound form in the depths of the Spire, the hooded figure’s words echoed in his mind.

”And now you must face the cost.”

A chill ran through him.

Joran wiped blood from his brow, his sword still gripped tightly in his hand. “Alright. We’re alive. That’s good. What now?”

Alina was breathing hard, her gaze flicking between Elias and the figure. “What do you mean, the cost?”

The hooded figure remained still. And then, in that hollow, resonant voice, it spoke again.

”The Songbearer’s task is never without sacrifice.”