Chapter 267

Author’s POV

(THE TRAP)

A trap had been set for him long before the battlefield ever became what it was.

[Flashback]

The chamber was silent in a way that felt wrong, like even time didn’t want to stay there too long.

Elder Raider stepped into the center slowly, his boots scraping against old stone carved with demon symbols so deep they looked like wounds rather than writing. Each mark had been made long before his time.

He stopped in front of the curse circle. His hand hovered above it then he exhaled and pressed his palm down. The stone responded immediately.

Raider’s jaw tightened.

“ He taught us how to be nothing but evil creatures. If he ever chooses mercy…” he said qu