Chapter 305: The Dust Settles, A New Chapter for All Paths

The acrid smell of ozone and burnt earth hung heavy in the air, a lingering testament to the divine punishment that had scoured the land. The colossal altar, once a monument to Ares's ambition, was now little more than a crater of blackened, vitrified rock. The sky, once torn asunder by a rift to the void, was a pristine, untroubled blue. The war was over. Eric Yaits stood amidst the desolation, the Nine Life Calamity Sword resting quietly in his hand. The chaotic energies that had once raged...