Chapter 81: Preparing for War
The war council was tense, the air thick with uncertainty as Alex stood at the head of the room, the weight of the gathered leaders' gazes pressing down on her. Each faction had sent their representatives—warriors, mages, scholars—all eager to discuss the dark threat that had emerged in the wastelands. The Nightwalker. The name alone stirred fear and hesitation in even the most seasoned fighters. His cult had shattered the fragile peace they had fought so hard to maintain, and now the lands teetered on the edge of something far more sinister than any of them had imagined.
The map laid out before them seemed like a mockery of their current reality. It was a map of the entire continent, dotted with the territories of each faction. Alex's finger traced the path leading to the wastelands, the shadowed land that had become the epicenter of the Nightwalker's influence.