Chapter 255 The Shadow Council

• Emerging from the Chamber of Echoes, Ariella and her companions found themselves in a sprawling cavern illuminated by soft, ethereal light. The floor was a mosaic of shifting colors, as if the earth itself pulsed with the relic’s power. In the center of the cavern stood a circular stone table, surrounded by twelve tall thrones carved from black obsidian.
• The air was thick with an oppressive energy, and the group instinctively moved closer together.
• “This place…” Lyara whispered, her eyes scanning the thrones. “It feels alive.”