At the bottom of the Blood Sacrifice Pit, the aftershocks of the Star-Burning Flame’s purifying impact had not yet fully dissipated. The air still retained the lukewarm temperature and faint, scorched scent left behind by the searing white flames as they burned away the filth.
At the very center of the pit, the dust transformed from the Bronze Ancient Bell quietly blanketed the grime and shattered bones, settling like a final, elegiac dirge.
Yet—
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