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SIXTY ONE

Author: MissJuly
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-18 15:16:09

“There’s a seal on Aithon’s forehead, it is rune activated,” Professor Sloane’s voice comes through the link, clipped and urgent. “It’s the same as the ones that bring you back when you’re gravely injured.”

My eyes snap toward the thrashing titan. “So what? You need someone to climb onto its head?”

Aithon has begun his slow descent, his colossal body dragging the volcano down with him. Explosions burst outward, showering molten rock across the valley. Trees ignite like matchsticks, the air rippling with suffocating heat that claws at our lungs.

“No,” Sloane replies quickly. “We need three people. A mage stationed here can access the seal through your runes. That will slow him just long enough for the dome to fall. Once it does, teams are waiting in helicopters to descend.”

Ezra’s voice whispers at the back of my mind. ‘Your pressure seal can withstand the heat now. But it’s… very risky.’

My jaw clenches. ‘You said you wouldn’t let me die…’

‘I won’t.’

I draw in a sharp breath, p
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