The chamber was alive with a crackling energy, the air thick with the charged tension of impending doom. Adrian stood at the center, a lone figure against the storm, his gaze locked onto the shadowy figure that loomed before him. The artifact pulsed in his hand, a dark, throbbing heart that beat in time with the frantic rhythm of his own. It called to him, a siren's song of power and destruction, whispering promises of victory, of dominance, of everything he had ever desired.But with every pulse, it also whispered of chains—chains that would bind him, consume him, destroy him.“Adrian,” the shadowy figure’s voice was a soft, venomous hiss, dripping with malice and mockery. “You cannot escape this. The power is yours, and with it, you can reshape the world. Or you can let it consume you, as it has consumed so many before you. The choice is yours.”The choice. It was a cruel joke, a bitter lie. There was no choice—not really. To use the artifact was to submit, to let the darkness seep
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