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The Celestial Heist Chapter 232: The Race Against Collapse
The moment the group stepped through the shimmering veil into the new realm, a sensation of disorientation washed over them. Kael stumbled slightly, blinking rapidly as he tried to adjust to the strange, dreamlike quality of the place. The air shimmered with a surreal, prismatic light, and the ground beneath their feet seemed to ripple and shift, as if it couldn’t decide what form it wanted to take. Trees twisted and melted like wax, their branches reaching out in unnatural directions, and the sky above was a roiling mass of colors that bled into one another, swirling in chaotic patterns.“This is—this is all wrong,” Lyra whispered, her voice tight with alarm. “The realm is collapsing.”Kael nodded grimly, his eyes scanning the distorted landscape. “The corruption is spreading faster here. We’re running out of time.”Korrin landed beside them, his wings flaring wide to keep his balance on the unstable ground. “Where’s the anchor point?”“North,” Naya murmured, her gaze distant as she
The Celestial Heist Chapter 233: Unleashing the Maelstrom
Naya sprinted forward, her boots pounding against the unstable ground as she wove between the jagged rocks and floating debris. Kael and Korrin were already engaged with Nerron, their blades flashing in the strange, prismatic light of the collapsing realm. But she had a different target. The anchor point pulsed with erratic energy, the corrupted tendrils tightening around it like a strangling vine, and the realm itself shuddered in response. If they didn’t sever Nerron’s influence, stabilizing it would be impossible.“Lyra, I need you!” Naya shouted, her voice strained over the chaotic roar of magic and crashing stone.Lyra was at her side in an instant, her device glowing brightly as she struggled to analyze the rapidly shifting energy patterns. “This is insane,” she muttered, her brow furrowed. “The whole anchor point is caught in some kind of resonance feedback loop. It’s like trying to defuse a bomb while it’s already exploding.”“Then we need to cut the fuse,” Naya said grimly. H
The Celestial Heist Chapter 234: The Celestial Gambit
The anchor point’s light pulsed steadily now, its core still faintly cracked but no longer suffused with the dark corruption that had nearly consumed it. Naya swayed slightly on her feet, exhaustion gnawing at her bones, but she forced herself to remain steady. The battle wasn’t over. Nerron was still out there, and his hold over the realm was far from broken.Lyra stood beside her, breathing hard but triumphant. “We stabilized the core, but it’s only a temporary fix,” she murmured, her gaze never leaving the glowing crystal. “The energy flow is still disrupted. If we don’t anchor it properly, the whole realm could collapse again.”“We can’t focus on that now,” Kael’s voice cut through the air. He approached them, his face grim, his armor scorched and battered. Blood trickled from a gash above his eyebrow, but he barely seemed to notice. “Nerron’s not going to let us finish the job.”Vira and Korrin landed beside them, their wings rustling softly in the tainted air. Korrin’s expressio
The Celestial Heist Chapter 235: The Guardian's Judgment
The air crackled with tension as Lyria’s presence washed over the fractured realm. The shimmering light that radiated from her form seemed to push back the very fabric of the corruption, the darkness recoiling like a living thing. Naya could barely breathe as she watched the confrontation unfold—the luminous Guardian standing tall and defiant against the seething, shadowy form of Nerron.“Lyria,” Nerron hissed, his voice a low, venomous snarl. “I should have known you would meddle in this. How quaint—still clinging to your precious Balance.”The Guardian’s eyes blazed like twin suns, her gaze unwavering. “And you still think you can shatter it, Nerron? I warned you once—if you continued down this path, there would be no redemption.”Nerron’s form twisted, the shadows around him roiling with fury. “Redemption? I seek no such thing!” he spat, his crimson eyes burning with rage. “I seek dominion. Power. To reshape the realms in my image, as it was always meant to be.”“You seek only dest
The Celestial Heist Chapter 236: The Aftermath of Sacrifice
The world around them seemed to hold its breath, the shattered remnants of the realm hovering on the edge of collapse. The silence was thick, almost suffocating, as if even the winds dared not disturb the stillness that had fallen over the battlefield. Kael knelt beside Lyria’s still form, his hands trembling as he gently cradled her head. The Guardian’s eyes were closed, her face serene, but the ethereal glow that had once surrounded her was gone, the light of her essence dimming with every passing second.“No, no, no—Lyria, stay with us,” Kael whispered urgently, his voice tight with panic. “You can’t—after everything, you can’t just—”“She’s fading,” Lyra murmured softly, her voice barely more than a breath. She stood a few paces away, her gaze fixed on the Guardian’s pale form. “The energy she used to seal the rift… it drained her completely.”Naya’s heart clenched painfully as she knelt beside Kael, her own hands shaking as she reached out, pressing her fingers gently to Lyria’s
The Celestial Heist Chapter 237: Shadows of the Fallen
The realm was quieter now, but the silence was not a comfort. It was heavy, oppressive—the kind that weighed on the soul and made every breath feel like a struggle. Naya moved slowly around the stabilizing anchor point, her magic weaving through its fractured surface in delicate, precise patterns. Each thread of light she spun seemed to pulse with a faint echo of Lyria’s presence, but it was only a memory. The Guardian was gone, and the burden of restoring the Balance was now theirs alone.“Almost there,” Lyra murmured beside her, her fingers flying over her device’s controls. Runes shimmered in the air around the anchor, delicate and complex, binding the unstable energy back into its core. “Just a little more…”Naya’s hands trembled slightly, but she pushed the fear and doubt aside, focusing on the rhythm of the magic—the steady, pulsing beat of the anchor’s power beneath the corruption that still lingered. With a final, careful twist, she sealed the last thread of energy, and the an
The Celestial Heist Chapter 238: Into the Abyss
The air was thick with tension as Naya’s words hung in the silence. Kael glanced at each of his companions in turn—Vira, Lyra, Korrin—seeing the same uncertainty and fear mirrored in their eyes. If Naya truly was the key to whatever twisted plan Nerron was building, it meant they were all in even greater danger than before. And their enemy knew it.“We need answers,” Kael said, his voice low but urgent. He turned to Naya, his gaze steady. “Do you have any idea what Askar was talking about? Why would you be the key to this?”Naya shook her head slowly, her brow furrowed in confusion. “I don’t know. I’ve never—I mean, I know I’m a Seer, but I’ve never heard of this ‘key’ he mentioned. And he said… he said Nerron was still watching me.” She shivered, wrapping her arms around herself. “It felt like he was… inside my mind. Like he knew something I didn’t.”“Which means he’s targeting you specifically,” Lyra murmured, her eyes narrowed in thought. “He’s not just after the anchor points or t
The Celestial Heist Chapter 239: The Heart of Darkness
The gates of the fortress loomed above them, their jagged edges carved from some unholy material that seemed to drink in the light. The massive stone slabs were covered in dark, pulsing runes, their surfaces flickering with a sickly green glow that sent shivers down Naya’s spine. She stared up at the towering entrance, dread pooling in her stomach as the reality of what they were about to do sank in.“We’re really doing this,” she whispered, her voice barely audible.Kael nodded, his jaw clenched, his gaze fixed on the fortress doors. “We are. Whatever Nerron’s hiding in there, it’s the key to his power. We find it, we stop him.”“But how do we know what we’re looking for?” Lyra asked quietly, her eyes darting around the twisted architecture. The walls seemed to ripple and shift in the dim light, as if the fortress itself were alive, breathing in time with the dark energy that suffused the air. “This place… it’s not just corrupted. It’s warped. Like the whole realm is… feeding on itse
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