Chapter 76: The Forgotten Path
With only a week left before the end of the year, Nero, Lilith, Alaric, and Ember stood once more in the vast underground chamber, facing the riddle of Salazar Slytherin.
This time, they had something new, a weapon beyond mere intelligence or raw power.
Lilith's understanding of Oblivion.
It had been a slow and maddening journey.
While she had erased Nero's barrier during their duel, she had barely begun to grasp what it truly meant to unmake something.
Unlike fire, wind, or earth, Oblivion did not bend to force.
It was not destruction. It was erasure, the art of making things cease to exist without violence, without evidence.
And if something could be erased... could it also be recalled?
That was the question that had haunted her since their last visit to the chamber.
Nero, however, had his own mission.
The moment they stepped foot inside, his eyes shifted.