Chapter 182
The Gate Titan's roar shook the entire mountain hard enough to split more stone beneath the council hall.
The sound thundered through the shattered chamber while black mist surged violently upward from the widening fracture below. Ancient chains snapped one after another beneath the territory, and every dragon circling above the mountains answered with furious roars that echoed across the night sky.
But Ariana barely heard any of it.
Her attention remained fixed entirely on the corrupted dragon kneeling before her.
The creature's massive head stayed lowered against the broken floor while the Sovereign flame burned around Ariana's body in waves of golden light. Warmth spread through the chamber with every pulse of her power, pushing the black mist surrounding the dragon farther back little by little. For the first time since the creature entered the hall, the corruption inside it hesitated.
Ariana felt the change immediately through the connection between them.
