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Chapter 415 - Deeper Into The Dark

The fortress felt wrong now in its stillness, like the silence after a storm when you expect another wave to crash but nothing comes. Dust hung suspended in faint shafts of light from cracked ceilings far above. The air still smelled of burnt oil and cold stone, but the tang of shadow, thick and metallic, was gone.

Ludwig let his hand fall back to his side. His palm still tingled from the mana that hadn't found a target. "Alright then… guess we're alive." He shook his head, a quiet snort escaping him. "Or… mostly alive."

 "Whatever that thing was, it's not ordinary," she said softly, almost to herself. Her voice was steadier now, but there was a tremor hidden under the words. "I've never seen shadow behave like that."

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