Bab 498: Echoes of Memories [2]

Ria's vision blurred, the world around her sinking into an unsettling haze. Her eyes glowed with a dark purple, a deep, swirling shade that seemed to pulse with power.

The mist that had enveloped her body felt like it was fusing with her very essence—cool and heavy, sinking into her skin, filling her lungs. The rush of energy that followed was sharp and overwhelming, like something long dormant awakening within her. For a moment, she felt weightless, her body suspended in a vast, inescapable silence.

And then, the void consumed her.

It was black.

Endless black, a suffocating darkness that pressed against her from every direction, swallowing everything—sound, light, motion. Time itself seemed to have stopped, leaving her alone in the stillness. Ria tried to move, but there was nothing—nothing but the cold emptiness that stretched on forever.

Then—

A flash of light.