Novel & Cerita Shining Gem

Then one Lord shouted. “She lies ! There was no treasure!” That seemed to get the Lords and Ladies riled up. She stood then quiet, closed her eyes and did as Khepri had told her. She stilled her mind and thought of the jewel being in her hand and when she opened her eyes the jewel appeared inside her hand. It sparkled and gleamed giving off a rainbow hue form the light refracting off of it making the crowd go oh and ah as they looked on. One lady yelled.

His sword pointed at the lich, precisely focused on the gem that was planted on its skull forehead. SHING! The edge of the blade made contact with it. Crack! The gem was surprisingly fragile despite how visible it was. The gem was planted on the forehead, clearly, the lich was parading its achievement while revealing its weakness. In a way, it looked down on its opponent. “JUST DIE!” He pushed the edge of the sword more obsessively. “Kwa- Kwaaaaaargh!” The lich shouted, flailed its boney hands. CRACK- CRAAAAACK~!

Jane swallowed before continuing. The combined blood was used to create a gem. Not a stone in the way people imagined, but a condensed core of living energy, self stabilizing, adaptive, sentient in a way that made my skin crawl. A gem designed to resonate with every species at once. A singular point of authority. A thing that could command blood because it understood all blood. A gem that could control every other creature. Even humans. My fingers twitched uselessly against the mattress. Jane’s voice grew quieter as she read the next part.

“It has a pulse sensor. If the wearer’s heart stops, the gem flashes red. If the heart races too fast from fear or pain, the gem flashes amber. I will know exactly how much you can take before you break.” She looked straight at Jenna. “I want you to put it on your sister. Right here and right now. Show me how much you love her. Show me how far you will go to keep her breathing.” Jenna’s blood turned cold. Lily’s voice hissed from the shadows behind her. “Do not do it.” Jenna turned her head slightly. She saw the faint outline of Dean’s rifle barrel aimed from the tree line. She saw Alex’s shape beside him. She saw Elena and Lily crouched low.

No metal, no gem, no gift from the earth would do. It had to come from me. From my soul. My will. My light. And in the middle of chaos and death, beneath a sky choked by shadow, it finally did. A soft blue gem rose from the center of my palm, born of blood and magic. It glowed like crystal dipped in starlight—clear and bright, pulsing with the steady rhythm of calm. It hovered there, sensing the Dark Stone, waiting for the battle it had been made for.

Healing her here wasn’t an option, using magic in these forests would only draw more dangers. Meanwhile, Thayne searched the walls while Lirvana spotted a faint glow within a rock. With care, she broke it free. “The gem?” she asked breathlessly, handing it over. Thayne took the glowing shard, examining it closely. “No. This is not the gem.” Lirvana frowned, her frustration spilling over. “And how do you know? It has the shape, it’s glowing, why not? Let’s just take it and leave!” Thayne held it longer, and suddenly, the stone cracked and shattered in his hands.

A collective breath of astonishment swept through the cavern. “Wow…” the word slipped from countless lips, hushed with reverence. At the center of the high stone ceiling gleamed a single gem, no larger than a man’s palm, yet powerful enough to bathe the chamber in silver-white light. Its glow shimmered like liquid moonlight, flawless, and otherworldly. My lips parted, my voice breaking out in a whisper I couldn’t contain. “So this…is the Moonstone.” Until suddenly a sharp pain ran in my head and I closed my eyes tightly. The flashes and memory of those rules and strange rogues flashed in my mind, shaking me to the core.

The shrine’s warding magic remained, but renewed by her combined essence. From the shrine’s shattered shards, a single gem coalesced, a perfect mirror-flame prism. It hovered before her, reflecting her dual visage. She touched it, and the prism sank into her breastbone, embedding itself beneath the skin. A crescent and an eclipse, fused in living crystal. Selene’s face in Nyra’s memory whispered: “This prism holds our covenant and power ; guard it as you would your heart.” Nyra responded: “I will guard it until the stars themselves bow.”

"Those people will kill you without feeling remorse if they find out you're here. Swear it. Upon the Moon Goddess." I groaned. "I swear it upon the Moon Goddess that I won't leave this spot. Satisfied now?" He stared at me for long moments, his beautiful blue eyes locked into mine, and then he nodded with satisfaction. "Alright. Wait here." I waited until he was safely in the forest, then turned the opposite way he'd gone. I broke my promise and left the spot I was crouching, then slowly began to circle the perimeter of the forest, towards where the murderers stood on the edge of the garden.

He opened his eyes and began cutting the surface of the stone smoothly. It was not long before he was able to cut out the fire gem. He placed it in a basin and used water to clean the dust off it. He placed it under the sun to have a good look. The fire gem sparkled under the sunlight. It shone through the gem, and he could hardly open his eyes from the bright light. Waylan exclaimed at the reveal of the gem, and everyone on the street could not stop staring at the shining fire gem. It was gorgeous. They wondered how many people had ended up bankrupt on this street just to have a gamble to become rich overnight.