Bab 76: Sirekiller and vampire king?

—Lucius

As I reached for the map, the hunter's voice cut through the crackling flames.

"We need to leave, now!" he shouted, already turning back towards the exit.

I snatched up the map and several surrounding texts, tucking them securely into my coat.

The parchment seemed to pulse with an underlying energy, a sensation that both intrigued and unsettled me. As I raced back through the flames, I couldn't shake the feeling that this was a journey far more perilous than I had initially realized.

The heat was intensified.

Shelves collapsed around us, sending cascades of burning books to the floor. The air was thick with smoke and the acrid scent of burning knowledge. I navigated the maze of aisles with the hunter struggling to keep pace behind me.

I burst out of the library just as it collapsed entirely, a plume of green-tinged smoke billowing into the night sky.