Chapter 105: Ruins Beckon Abyss

Thornwatch’s streets were a tangled web of stone and timber that seemed to shift depending on who you asked for directions.

The city had grown organically over centuries, starting as a frontier outpost and swelling into a hub for every kind of opportunist imaginable, merchants hawking glowing crystals from the depths, adventurers nursing tankards of frothy ale while swapping tales of narrow escapes, and nobles in silk finery pretending they weren’t here to buy the same illicit goods as everyone else.

Kai led Eliza and Sera through the eastern gate, their hoods pulled low to blend into the crowd of travelers and locals.

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