A Deal with Desire
She was home, and with it came the chance to fight for Aethel and potentially rescue her friends.
Drawing strength from that sliver of hope, Evie limped towards the village, her staff feeling strangely lighter in her hand. The chaotic energy within it had been depleted by her desperate act, leaving a lingering emptiness.
As she approached the village square, a scene of chaos unfolded before her. Villagers, their faces etched with fear, huddled together. Creatures resembling obsidian gargoyles, smaller versions of the monstrous army they had faced in the other dimension, rampaged through the streets, their eyes glowing with a familiar red light.
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