The battlefield was silent… but not in the way of peace. It was a heavy, trembling silence, charged with power and inevitability.The fractured moon hovered above them, its cracks glowing faintly but slowly knitting together under the ritual’s influence. Silver light washed the valley, but it did little to hide the destruction: jagged mountains, shattered forests, rivers boiling from surges of uncontrolled energy.Seraphine hovered above the ground, her hands still glowing from the guardian ritual. Her chest heaved. Exhaustion weighed on her like stone, but her eyes were fixed on him.The immortal stood beside the central node, his body alight with the combined power of her guardian energy and his own immortal essence. White-hot streaks of energy ran across his skin, surging violently as he contained the ritual’s force.“Stop,” she said sharply. “You’re pushing too hard!”“I can’t,” he replied quietly, his voice strained but steady. “Not yet.”“You’ll die!”He shook his head. “Not if
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