Knight's Sacred Burden
The air grew heavy with the smell of ozone and wet earth.
"He isn't finished," Kael whispered, a terrifying realization dawning on him.
The blast doors, reinforced by tons of rubble and iron, groaned, then started to peel open like a discarded skin. A figure stepped out of the darkness—armored, glowing, and standing at a height that suggested he was no longer entirely human. The golden light intensified, blinding in its brilliance, and as the figure took its first step, the obsidian on the ground beneath his feet turned back into honest, fertile earth.