Abyssborn

nctuar

sition tore through the outer defenses, their soldiers merciless in their slaughte

s, his golden eyes scanning the

s stil

hts rushed forward, blood splattered across his armor. "My

s curled into

o the abyss?

s gleaming silver edge

xits. No on

Between

ath coming in sharp gasps. The air grew colder with every step, the to

s passage is ancient," he said. "It predates even the

her grip on her son.

didn't

stone chamber. At its center, embedded into the gr

carved with symbols that twisted unnaturally

rned. This was

as a

ace between worlds. A path only the desperate dare take." He turned t

ed hard. "And wha

s gaze d

ryth

isition

ered agains

ned sharply-t

the door with his fingertips. The markings flared

mber sh

something reaching out from the othe

aned as it b

there was

sha

moment. Then she stepped forw

ows embr

world

ar's

t as the last traces of Seraphi

e, the door slammed shut. The red glo

le

hind him hesit

the lifeless stone

s lips parted in

red. "Run to the

is golden ey

escape it. No

byss

ere was no ground

y abo

dless b

ark-it was absence.

ps. The only warmth she felt w

a wh

idden... and y

ment-something wa

a's hear

st emptiness

hing

in the

ss Embr

feel the air, nor the ground beneath he

was no

y warm against her chest. His breathing was

, someth

d, mortal. But do you und

le direction-it was everywhere, pr

d, forcing herself to s

ow, guttur

een moments, the hunger in forgotten places. I

s around h

movement-twisting shapes, crawling things

atching them. M

ld's Aw

r mind racing. "I seek passage," s

ice ch

in the place where time forgets, where eve

unded. "Then why are

kness s

e of th

nce fell ov

t time since their arr

ched outward... and t

spoken to her bef

... i

aled shakily.

e was no

ime in eternity, the Ab

Road

e presence that had once spoken seemed

ced herself t

ond," she said, "th

id not laug

the shado

er, a path b

n. A place unseen, waiting, hi

older than

t was waiting

n Gaze

ld, Malagar stood atop the ruined sanct

see the Abyss to kn

murmured, "So... you have en

pa

knowin

oo

he cold wind. "Now let us see if the Aby

urney

orward, the path solid

ing eyes half-lidded as if he we

them go, its whisp

depths of creation, so

been waiting... f