Chapter 25
The colossal shadow continued to rise as the sky bent unnaturally around it. The creature forced its way through the Abyss gate, its massive form pushing against the clouds as its dark wings unfolded slowly, each movement heavy enough to make the mountains tremble. Its body looked like living darkness, scales formed from black crystal and shifting smoke, and when its silver eyes opened, they burned with something cold, ancient, and endlessly hungry.
For the first time since the battle began, the sky went completely still. Even the royal dragons stopped attacking. Hundreds of wings hovered in silence, as if every creature in the world had recognized something far beyond them.
