Chapter 14 – The Square of Silence
Chapter 14 – The Square of Silence
They entered the village in silence, but the silence did not last.
The villagers saw them — Luceris and the battered remains of his forces. Faces bruised, armor cracked, eyes downcast. A hush fell over the streets like fog.
Whispers rose.
"There leader... defeated?"
"Three against an army... how?"
They had heard the battle. The screams. And then — silence. A silence that had meant only one thing: Defeat.
Valtor walked at the front, his steps heavy with command. Behind him, Lilith's sharp eyes watched their prisoners like a panther in velvet.
The elf walked — quiet, his aura wrapped around him like mist. He said nothing, but his thoughts churned.
He could still feel the blade — not its pain, but the impossibility of its failure. Flesh had parted. Yet here he stood. Whole. Strong. Too strong. A fragment of a name flickered at the edge of his mind, but when he reached for it, it vanished like smoke in wind. The woman in the vision...
His pace did not falter, but inside, the storm built. Not fear — never fear — but questions. Old ones. Forgotten ones.