Chapter 245

As the ancient incantation from the king echoed through the air, Darius and Henry felt the ropes tighten around them, the work of King Talia's unseen hands. A blinding light enveloped them, its intensity searing as if the sun itself had descended to claim them. The pain was immediate and overwhelming—a fiery agony that consumed their very being.

Their screams pierced the silence of the kingdom, a testament to the cruel punishment for their transgression. The teleportation to the crystal kingdom tore through them, every cell in their bodies aflame with the raw power of the crystal skull's magic.

And then, as suddenly as it had begun, it was over. They landed with a heavy thud on the cold stone floor of the temple, the sound reverberating off the ancient walls. Darius and Henry lay there, bound and broken, the weight of their punishment as tangible as the ropes that held them. The temple loomed around them, a silent witness to their suffering and the price of the