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The corruption reached us before the enemy did.

I felt it first as a disturbance in the network connections suddenly going dark as northern alliance members lost contact with the broader collective. Not the clean severance of death, but something worse: a gradual dimming as their abilities were slowly drained away.

"Three more settlements have gone silent," Marcus reported, his face pale with exhaustion after maintaining constant communication with our scattered scouts. "The last transmission mentioned 'walking shadows' and 'hunger that devours light.'"

We had gathered in the temple's main chamber as reports trickled in throughout the night. Alliance representatives sat around tables covered in maps and intelligence reports, their usual debates replaced by grim planning for a battle none of them truly understood.

Through the stained glass windows, I could see the first signs of approaching dawn. Twelve hours had passed since the scouts' warning, but it felt like we had been preparing
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  • A Luna's Vengeance    36

    Dawn brought an unexpected visitor to the templea figure cloaked in mist and starlight who materialized from the forest without triggering any of our early warning systems. I felt their presence only when they were already standing at the temple doors, radiating power so ancient that it made my Eclipse Covenant abilities feel like flickering candle flames."Selene of the awakened bloodline," the figure said, their voice carrying harmonics that spoke of eons rather than centuries. "I am Memory Keeper Solas, guardian of the old truths. Your beacon has stirred knowledge that was meant to remain buried."The supernatural entities gathered in the temple went silent, their various forms of radiance dimming in the presence of something that predated most of their bloodlines. Even Astral, whose star-bright eyes had seen the rise and fall of civilizations, bowed her head respectfully."What knowledge?" I asked, though something deep in my bones already knew I would

  • A Luna's Vengeance    35

    By evening, the Hollow Moon Temple had become the epicenter of a gathering unlike anything in recorded history. Supernatural beings from bloodlines thought extinct for centuries filled every available space, their diverse abilities creating displays of power that turned the ancient building into something from the oldest legends.I moved through the crowd carefully, my Eclipse Covenant armor humming as it adapted to interact safely with each entity I encountered. A fire-elemental's touch should have burned through normal protection, but the armor converted the heat into harmless warmth. When a being whose form flickered between past and future briefly displaced local time, the armor shielded me from temporal distortion."The interface capabilities are remarkable," observed a creature whose crystalline body refracted light into prismatic patterns. "I am Resonance of the Crystal Singers. Our frequency manipulations typically shatter organic neural networks, yet your armor allows safe co

  • A Luna's Vengeance    34

    The morning after the Void Seekers' defeat brought revelations that none of us had anticipated. The two dozen former parasites who had chosen transformation over dissolution sat in careful clusters around the temple, their expressions mixing wonder with deep confusion as they grappled with sensations they had never experienced."I can feel... others," one of them said hesitantly, a woman whose scarred features suggested centuries of artificial enhancement. "Not as food, but as... companions?"Elena knelt beside her, offering water and simple food with the same gentle patience she had shown me during my early days as a servant. "That's what connection feels like when it's chosen rather than forced.""We have no memory of choice," another former Void Seeker admitted. "Only hunger. Always hunger."I watched these exchanges from across the temple, my heart heavy with the magnitude of what we had accomplished. These beings had been parasites for so long that basic empathy felt like a forei

  • A Luna's Vengeance    33

    The Void Seeker champion stood eight feet tall, its form a nightmarish fusion of wolf and shadow that seemed to absorb light from the air around it. Dark tendrils writhed from its body like living smoke, each one tipped with hunger that made my skin crawl with instinctive revulsion."You smell of stolen power," it said, its voice layered with harmonics that belonged to dozens of different supernatural bloodlines. "Eclipse Covenant, yes, but also traces of others we have consumed. How fitting that you carry fragments of our previous victories."I circled the creature warily, noting how the corruption spread from its footsteps in perfect circles. The ground beneath it was already turning to ash, the very stones cracking under the weight of unnatural emptiness."What did the Eclipse Covenant do to deserve your hatred?" I asked, genuinely curious despite the circumstances.The champion's laugh was like breaking glass mixed with distant screams. "They offered what we perfected unity throug

  • A Luna's Vengeance    32

    The corruption reached the compound walls like a slow-moving plague, turning fertile ground into ashen wasteland with each step the Void Seekers took. I watched from the temple's highest window as the wave of blight crept closer, withering ancient trees and poisoning streams that had run clear for centuries.Through the network, I felt each alliance member's growing fear as the unnatural darkness approached their positions. Warriors who had faced death in conventional battle trembled before enemies that could simply unmake the very essence of life itself."They're not attacking," Agatha observed from beside me, her voice tight with confusion. "They're just... advancing. Slowly. Why?"I extended my supernatural senses toward the approaching force and immediately understood. "They're savoring it. The fear, the anticipation, the gradual weakening of our network bonds as wolves lose hope."The Void Seekers fed on more than just magical abilities they consumed emotion, life force, the very

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    The corruption reached us before the enemy did.I felt it first as a disturbance in the network connections suddenly going dark as northern alliance members lost contact with the broader collective. Not the clean severance of death, but something worse: a gradual dimming as their abilities were slowly drained away."Three more settlements have gone silent," Marcus reported, his face pale with exhaustion after maintaining constant communication with our scattered scouts. "The last transmission mentioned 'walking shadows' and 'hunger that devours light.'"We had gathered in the temple's main chamber as reports trickled in throughout the night. Alliance representatives sat around tables covered in maps and intelligence reports, their usual debates replaced by grim planning for a battle none of them truly understood.Through the stained glass windows, I could see the first signs of approaching dawn. Twelve hours had passed since the scouts' warning, but it felt like we had been preparing

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