Chapter 14 - THE CRUMBLING CANYON
The green energy pulsing from the obsidian prism began to destabilize the canyon walls. Massive boulders cracked free from the cliffs, plunging down toward the northern troops with deafening crashes.
"Protect the Queen!" Cedric roared, his massive wolf shifting halfway as his primal strength surged forward. With a single swing of his broadsword, Cedric shattered a massive falling boulder into harmless dust before it could reach the vanguard.
The rebel leader smirked beneath his iron helm, channeling more power into the dark artifact. "The earth itself rejects a false queen! Die in the dark!"
Isolda closed her eyes for a single fraction of a second. She didn't feel fear. She felt the ancient, pulsating heartbeat of the continent—the very same earth that Tristan Caldwell had corrupted and that she had healed. The land belonged to her ancestors, and it answered only to her true, pure will.
When Isolda opened her eyes, they were no longer just violet—they shone like supernovas.
She raised her hand toward the sky and clenched her fist.
CRACK!
A blinding beam of pure starlight erupted from her palm, striking the dark obsidian prism dead center. The artifact shattered into a billion sparkling fragments, the green energy instantly evaporating into harmless smoke.
Simultaneously, the ground beneath the rebel leader buckled. Gentle vines of golden light burst through the black rock, wrapping securely around the rebel forces and pinning them firmly to the earth without shedding a single drop of innocent blood.
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The rebel leader dropped to his knees, his weapon clattering uselessly against the stone. The sheer, divine majesty radiating from Isolda left him entirely stripped of his defiance.
Silence swept across the canyon. One by one, the surviving rebel soldiers dropped their weapons and bowed their heads in absolute submission.
