Arcadian Guardian: Evan's Rebirth

Chapter 124: The Battle for Humanity's Last Hope

Gideon and the executives stood outside the temple, their breaths heavy after discovering the long-hidden ancient artifact. In Elara's hands, a staff with a shimmering red crystal pulsed with an unnatural power. Though Gideon felt uneasy with the staff's response, he brushed aside the feeling and remained focused on their mission—to bring the artifact to Victor Draven.

However, the path out was not as easy as they had thought. Surrounding them, thousands of skeletons from various dead monsters began to rise, their empty eye sockets glowing with a blue light that radiated lethal intent. With every step they took, the piles of dry bones moved, encircling them like waves of the ocean, filling the air with the pungent scent of death.

"Prepare for battle! We have to get out of here alive!" Gideon commanded in a firm voice. Under the flash of their drawn weapons, the skeletons approached with terrifying movements, as if they had one goal: to stop anyone from taking the artifact out.

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