Chapter 53 - 14 Seconds to Dawn

Chapter 53: 14 Seconds to Dawn

The first stone hound hit Eloy’s blade before the timer ticked to eighty-six.

Caldera’s Edge sang against his palm, a humming frequency that resonated through his wrist and into the restructured mana pathways still sitting at twenty-four percent integration. The hound’s momentum carried it past him, stone claws skidding across the chamber floor, and Eloy pivoted, letting the blade carry him through the turn.

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