Chapter 181
The Gate Titan's roar echoed through the mountain hard enough to shake the shattered council hall beneath Ariana's feet.
Dust continued falling from the fractured ceiling while black mist surged upward from the widening crack beneath the chamber floor. Ancient chains groaned somewhere below the territory, heavy enough to make the entire mountain tremble every time the creature beneath the world moved.
But nobody inside the chamber looked toward the fracture anymore.
Every eye remained fixed on Ariana.
Golden fire burned around her body in violent waves while the corrupted dragon knelt before her with its massive head lowered against the broken stone floor. Black veins twisted beneath its golden scales like poison spreading through living fire, yet despite the corruption consuming it, the creature remained there in complete surrender before the Sovereign flame.
Ariana could feel everything through the connection between them.
