Chapter 259

Author’s POV

The battle was already breaking, the demons kept multiplying hours by hours and the wolves fought harder, faster, desperate to hold ground that no longer felt steady beneath their feet. They didn't know what was about to hit them.

And then— Everything changed. It started with a strange atmosphere in the air that was more than suffocating.

It was like the sky itself had dropped lower, pressing down on every living thing beneath it. Conversations died mid-shout. Blades stopped midfight. Wolves staggered where they stood, their bodies reacting before their minds could understand why.

Something was coming. No— Something had arrived.

At the far end of the battlefield, the air was curling up in smokes. Darkness gathered in one place, thick and unnatural, swallowing light inste