CEREBUS
Still, she kept running.
The Blade hummed, pulling her toward the beast’s chest — its heart.
The Chimera reared up, towering above her, all three heads converging for the final strike.
Ellie leapt.
For a heartbeat, time froze.
She saw her parents’ faces. The laughter of children she had once known. The endless hours of training. The silent companionship of Cerebus.
Then gravity returned. She plunged the Blade deep into the Chimera’s heart.
Light exploded.
The monster convulsed, three voices screaming as one, a sound older than history. Fire burst outward, but the sword drank it in, its runes blazing white now, purer than flame, brighter than the sun.
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