Chapter 354: The Kingdom's Descent, The Holy King's Burden

The last echoes of the Rebirth Organization’s demise faded into the oppressive silence of the ruined underground chamber. The dark stone tablet, the nexus of their twisted ambitions, was no more than dust and scattered fragments. For a fleeting moment, a sense of finality settled over the group. The vendetta was over. The conspiracy was crushed. But the universe does not abide a vacuum. The energy that had been contained within the ancient artifact, a malevolent power accumulated over millennia,...