Chapter 25: THE REBIRTH OF SHADOWS
The air felt heavy in Kaito's lungs as he stood amid the remnants of the battle.
The creature that had once roamed the darkness was no more, its form now reduced to a cloud of dissipating shadows.
But the eerie stillness that followed was unsettling, like the calm before an even more ominous storm.
Kaito wiped the sweat from his brow, his breath ragged. Every fiber of his being ached, yet his mind was sharp, more focused than it had ever been.
His body trembled from the force of his last attack, the golden light still lingering around his fingertips, but he could feel the fatigue creeping in.
What was that creature?
Kaito's thoughts were clouded with the unanswered question. The Abyss had created that thing—it had come from his own darkness, yet it was more than just a manifestation.
It had been alive, full of rage and hunger. But what did that mean for Kaito? What was it trying to tell him?
He took a deep breath, pushing the thoughts aside for now. The answers were still elusive, but they would come in time. He had faced the creature, and he had won. That's what mattered.
But as he stood there, looking at the dissipating shadows, Kaito couldn't shake the feeling that this was only the beginning.
A low rumble echoed from somewhere far below, a distant tremor that made the ground beneath Kaito's feet vibrate.