The Celestial Heist

Chapter 190: The Keeper’s Challenge

The mountain's echoes still resonated in their minds as the Celestial Marauders pressed onward, the encounter with the Echo of the Ancients fresh in their thoughts. The weight of their mission seemed heavier now, the stakes higher, as the path they walked became more treacherous with each step. The chamber they had left behind, with its strange, resonant energies and the mysterious figure, had set the tone for the challenges yet to come.

Naya led the way, the fragment she held continuing to pulse softly, its light a beacon in the deep darkness of the mountain. The air was thick with the scent of damp stone, and the walls of the passage they followed were cold to the touch, lined with intricate carvings that seemed to shift and change as they passed.

Kael walked beside her, his sword still drawn, his senses on high alert. "The Echo spoke of trials, of dangers that would test us in ways we can’t yet imagine. We need to be prepared for anything."

Vira, her celestial light illuminating th