The world beyond the gate did not welcome them. It did not call, did not beckon—it simply existed. Ancient, unmoving, and unshakable, like something that had long known it would one day have to face them again.The first breath was different there. It wasn't the familiar air that hit their lungs, but something thicker, deeper, as if light and shadow were both trying to seep in through their nostrils. And yet, it wasn't rot or stench they inhaled—but something sweet, wild, metallic. Like blood, not left by death, but by sacrifice.The ground was soft, yet not earth. Beneath Rea's feet, the surface resembled dark blue stone dusted with a shimmering powder—yet with each step, it pulsed beneath her, as if something deep within the belly of the world lived and breathed. Kael's wings slowly folded back, but his muscles remained tense. This was not Hell. And not the realm of men either. It was something in between—or perhaps above both.At first, the landscape appeared deserted, but soon it
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