Semua Bab BLOOD WAR: Bab 61 - Bab 70

Chapter 62: The City Beneath The DeadThe bell continued ringing.Its sound drifted through the underground city in slow, heavy waves, echoing between ancient towers and black waterways. Nobody could determine where it came from. Sometimes it sounded close enough to touch. Other times it felt impossibly far away.The survivors stood frozen at the end of the staircase, staring at the impossible world spread out before them.For years Valenfort had hidden secrets beneath its streets.Nobody expected an entire civilization.Marcus finally broke the silence."I have a question."Nobody looked away from the city."What?"The hunter pointed toward the distant buildings."If this place has existed the whole time, where exactly was it hiding?"Rowan answered before anyone else could."Probably nowhere."Marcus turned."What kind of answer is that?""The only one that makes sense."The silver-eyed man continued studying the landscape."I don't think this city exists in the same place as ours."

Chapter 64: The Last Bell KeeperThe Bell Tower looked even larger from up close.Its base occupied nearly an entire district, while countless chains stretched outward from the upper levels, connecting to towers, bridges and rooftops throughout the underground city. Every bell hanging from those chains continued ringing without pause. Some produced deep sounds that shook the stone beneath their feet. Others released sharp notes that carried across impossible distances.The noise should have been unbearable.Strangely, it wasn't.After listening for a few minutes, Evelyn realized the bells weren't creating chaos.They were speaking.Not with words.With patterns.Signals.Warnings.The entire city was communicating through them.Groups of armored soldiers guarded the entrances. Their equipment looked ancient at first glance, yet many carried weapons unlike anything Evelyn had ever seen. Silver symbols glowed faintly along dark metal armor, while narrow crystal tubes ran through the sid

Chapter 66: The First Gate"The First Gate Is Open."Nobody spoke after reading the words.For a few seconds, even the screams rising from the city below seemed distant. The broken fragment of the Last Bell lay on the floor between them while thin cracks continued spreading across its black surface.Elara looked older than before.Not physically.Just tired.Like someone who had spent centuries fearing a specific moment and had finally lived long enough to witness it."The prophecies were wrong," she whispered.Rowan turned toward her."What do you mean?""The First Gate wasn't supposed to open yet.""Yet?"The old woman laughed bitterly."There should have been years left."Outside, another section of the underground city vanished beneath moving darkness.A bridge collapsed.Thousands of lights disappeared.The enormous creature Rowan had called a Gatewalker continued advancing through the districts. Nothing slowed it. Towers shattered when it brushed against them. Ancient defensive

Chapter 68: The King Who Should Not ReturnThe chamber of the Last Bell became colder.Not the kind of cold created by wind or ice. It was a cold that came from somewhere deeper, something ancient that had slept for too long and had finally opened its eyes.The darkness spreading from Rowan's feet continued crawling across the floor like a living creature. It did not move quickly, but nobody dared to underestimate it. Every inch it passed left the stone darker, older, as though thousands of years had touched it in a single moment.Evelyn kept Hallowed Reaver raised.The holy fire around the blade burned brighter than before, reacting to the presence inside Rowan.Yet she did not attack.She could not.Not again.Not another person she cared about.Not another soul trapped inside a monster.The memory of Lucien falling beneath her sword flashed through her mind. The sound of his final breath still haunted her dreams, and even now she could still feel the warmth of his blood on her hand

Chapter 70: The One Who Judges GodsThe moment the ancient king spoke that name, fear spread through the chamber like poison.Not fear from the enemies surrounding them.Not fear of death.It was the fear of something that existed beyond the understanding of ordinary creatures.For the first time since his awakening, the man inside Rowan's body no longer looked like a ruler who had once commanded the greatest kingdom in history.He looked like a prisoner who had heard the footsteps of his executioner."The First Judge," Elara whispered. "I thought he was only a myth."The ancient king slowly turned toward her."That is what every generation hoped."Outside the Bell Tower, the impossible battle came to a halt.The Warden stopped moving.The Gatewalker stood frozen among the destroyed districts.The spreading darkness no longer consumed the city.Everything remained still.Like the entire world had taken one final breath and refused to release it.Evelyn looked through the broken wall.