Chapter 156: The Impossible Task

The ground continued to tremble beneath my feet, and the darkened sky seemed to swallow the light. The entity loomed before us, a swirling mass of chaos and darkness, its form shifting and twisting in impossible ways.

I could feel its power radiating outwards, an endless well of chaos that threatened to consume everything in its path.

“We need a plan, Sera!” Aiden shouted over the roaring winds. “If we don’t do something fast, it’s going to tear everything apart!”

I knew he was right. The entity had already shown us a fraction of its power, and even that had nearly been our undoing. I had to think of something, and fast. But what could possibly stand against such a force?

Then, a thought struck me. The artifact. Its power had been the key to everything so far, the only thing that had been able to counter the chaos. But if I could harness it fully, if I could direct all its energy into a single, concentrated attack…

“It’s risky,” I muttered to myself, “but it might be our only shot.”