Chapter 78 The Heart Of The Curse

• The light seared through the mountain’s heart, climbing the walls like dawn breaking through centuries of night. For a moment, time froze. The storm of magic lifted every particle of dust, every fragment of stone, holding them weightless in that trembling glow.
• Then the mountain exhaled.
• The blast hurled everyone outward—Kelvin, Ronald, Malcolm, Abby, and the others—tossed like leaves in a hurricane of light. When Kelvin struck the ground, pain cracked through his ribs, but he forced himself upright, eyes blazing toward the epicenter.