Chapter 24: Beyond the Age of Ascendants {Rewritten}

A Time Before Time

Beyond the Age of Ascendants

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"Argh…" 

The figure knelt in his own pooling blood, gritting his teeth as intense pain surged through his body. His trembling hand clawed at the cold stone floor, trying to lift himself, but it was futile. The relic impaled through his chest anchored him to the ground, its power far too great to resist.

"WHY?!" he screamed, his voice raw with anguish. The sound echoed endlessly in the vast chamber, reverberating off the walls of this unnatural space. A place that should not exist—one forcefully etched into the very fabric of time itself, created for one singular, forbidden purpose.