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CHAPTER 76 — THE LAYER OF JUDGMENT
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2026-05-08 02:43:41
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Bonds By Blades CHAPTER 83 — THE HAND THAT DIDN’T LET GO
BOND BY BLADESThe fall never ended.Darkness swallowed everything instantly—the shattered city, the collapsing bridge, the screaming abyss above them.Only two things remained real.The rush of endless descent.And Rhydian’s hand gripping Kael’s.Hard.Desperate.Like letting go would mean something worse than death.Wind tore violently past them, cold enough to burn. Fragments of broken light spiraled upward around their bodies like dying stars.Rhydian twisted sharply midair, dragging Kael closer against him on instinct.“Tell me you can fly,” he shouted over the roar.Kael blinked once.“No.”“…absolutely useless.”Despite the words—He still didn’t let go.---THE THING BELOW THEMFar beneath—Something moved.Not approaching.Waiting.Its eyes remained visible in the darkness below them.Massive.Ancient.Watching their descent with unbearable patience.Kael felt it immediately.Recognition.Not personal.Structural.Like the abyss itself had finally located the thing it had bee
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