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