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The World-Eater

Author: Odunayo
last update publish date: 2026-04-30 22:35:22

CHAPTER 25: THE WORLD-EATER

The sky didn’t just darken; it vanished.

High above the black clouds of Aethelgard, the moon was swallowed by a mechanical eclipse. The "World-Eater" station—a jagged, chrome continent of gears and cold fusion—settled into the upper atmosphere. It hummed with a frequency that made the very buildings of the slums groan, a sound like a trillion coins clinking together in the pocket of a god.

"Investors?" I spat into the private channel, my silver wings beating against
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