Chapter 196
The team soared steadily through the sky atop Grey's majestic Wind Bird, the creature's vast wings slicing through the cool air with rhythmic grace.
After the chaotic collapse of the dungeon, their escape had been a narrow one — a desperate scramble against the raining rocks and crumbling walls that nearly buried them alive.
Behind them, the dungeon had vanished without a trace, swallowed whole by the earth.
Now, they glided above the sprawling borderlands, the fading battlefield nothing but a memory etched into their hearts.
The group remained silent, each lost in their own thoughts, the somber mood weighing heavily over them.
Seated near the rear, Dante sat hunched over, his gaze locked onto Kael's lifeless, headless body that Selene had solemnly withdrawn from her shadow space.
His fingers trembled, and his throat tightened as memories flooded him with brutal clarity.
