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Chapter 288: Unveiling the Path (2) · Nov 01, 2026

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252 Chapter 252: The Dark Princess Rises 2026-11-01
253 Chapter 253: Shadows Beneath the Throne (1) 2026-11-01
254 Chapter 254: Shadows Beneath the Throne (2) 2026-11-01
255 Chapter 255: A Night with the Gang 2026-11-01
256 Chapter 256: A Smile in the Dark 2026-11-01
257 Chapter 257: A Quiet Night (1) 2026-11-01
258 Chapter 258: A Quiet Night (2) 2026-11-01
259 Chapter 259: Fifteen Days of Darkness 2026-11-01
260 Chapter 260: The Moon Palace Infiltration 2026-11-01
261 Chapter 261: A Step Into the Darkness (1) 2026-11-01
262 Chapter 262: A Step Into the Darkness (2) 2026-11-01
263 Chapter 263: The King’s Shadow (1) 2026-11-01
264 Chapter 264: The King’s Shadow (2) 2026-11-01
265 Chapter 265: Born from Darkness (1) 2026-11-01
266 Chapter 266: Born from Darkness (2) 2026-11-01
267 Chapter 267: Beneath the Mask 2026-11-01
268 Chapter 268: The Devil’s Seed 2026-11-01
269 Chapter 269: The Battle of Moon Castle (1) 2026-11-01
270 Chapter 270: The Battle of Moon Castle (2) 2026-11-01
271 Chapter 271: The Battle of Moon Castle (3) 2026-11-01
272 Chapter 272: The Battle of Moon Castle (4) 2026-11-01
273 Chapter 273: The Battle of Moon Castle (5) 2026-11-01
274 Chapter 274: The Battle of Moon Castle (6) 2026-11-01
275 Chapter 275: The Abyss Within 2026-11-01
276 Chapter 276: A Peace Worth Chasing 2026-11-01
277 Chapter 277: The Turning Point 2026-11-01
278 Chapter 278: The Devil’s Hand 2026-11-01
279 Chapter 279: Emergency Mission 2026-11-01
280 Chapter 280: A Journey into the Unknown (1) 2026-11-01
281 Chapter 281: A Journey into the Unknow (2) 2026-11-01
282 Chapter 282: Far from home (1) 2026-11-01
283 Chapter 283: Far from home (2) 2026-11-01
284 Chapter 284: Far from home (3) 2026-11-01
285 Chapter 285: Light and Shadow (1) 2026-11-01
286 Chapter 286: Light and Shadow (2) 2026-11-01
287 Chapter 287: Unveiling the Path (1) 2026-11-01
288 Chapter 288: Unveiling the Path (2) 2026-11-01
289 Chapter 289: The Lord of Graves (1) 2026-11-01
290 Chapter 290: The Lord of Graves (2) 2026-11-01
291 Chapter 291: From Nightmare to Nightmare 2026-11-01
292 Chapter 292: A Blade in the Blood 2026-11-01
293 Chapter 293: Crownlands (1) 2026-11-01
294 Chapter 294: Crownlands (2) 2026-11-01
295 Chapter 295: Angry (1) 2026-11-01
296 Chapter 296: Angry (2) 2026-11-01
297 Chapter 297: Echoes of a Forgotten Self 2026-11-01
298 Chapter 298: The One Battle You Can’t Win 2026-11-01
299 Chapter 299: Welcome Back, Frey Starlight 2026-11-01
300 Chapter 300: Once More, Into the Nightmare 2026-11-01

Chapter 288: Unveiling the Path (2)

The journey dragged on for several more hours.

But this time .. for the first time .. we stepped onto solid ground.

”Weʼre finally out of that damned desert…”

We exhaled in relief as we entered a completely new region.

A forest ..but not just any forest.

Trees with pitch-black bark. Leaves darker than night.

A suffocating atmosphere thick with tainted aura.

If anything, this place felt even worse than the desert we just left behind.

For now, we decided to stop briefly .. just enough to recover some strength and get a bit of sleep.

We did it in shifts.

Two hours of rest per person.

That was the most we could afford before moving out again.

”Howʼs it looking, Frey?”

”Weʼre getting closer.”

I didnʼt know why .. but the feeling kept growing stronger.

Deep inside that black forest…

We finally saw signs of civilization.

But it was buried ... long gone.

We barely made out what looked like old homes, ancient ruins…

But no bodies.

Only destruction.

Among the wreckage, we found remnants of strange carvings—old writings none of us could understand.

”This is strange…” Ghost said, scanning the surroundings.

”Thereʼs no trace of any corpses.”

As he made his observation, Snow spoke up.

”I guess it makes sense if this place has been abandoned for a long time.”

But Ghost shook his head.

”Bodies donʼt vanish this easily. Thereʼs always something left behind…”

Spoken like a true assassin.

Whoever once lived here ... they didnʼt just die.

They were erased.

That was the message Ghost was trying to get across.

Whatever happened here was a mystery…

But I had no time to dwell on it.

”Letʼs move,” I said to the others—and we surged forward again.

Speeding through the trees…

The three of us stopped at the exact same moment .. forced to, in fact.

The earth trembled beneath our feet. A furious roar shook the skies above.

It was a thunderous sound that made us instantly reach for our weapons.

Whatever was coming… it came from above.

”One of those cursed birds again?” Snow muttered.

Weʼd fought nightmare beasts shaped like giant eagles with canine heads before.

Naturally, we assumed it was one of them.

But those expectations were crushed on the spot.

Eyes wide open, the three of us stared up at the majestic figure descending from the heavens—

With wings that cast massive shadows and skin covered in glimmering white scales, the creature came crashing down.

Ghost and Snow were just as stunned as I was when they shouted at the same time:

”A dragon?!”

A creature theyʼd only heard of in old, forgotten legends…

And yet, there it was—flesh and blood, right before our eyes.

But that wasnʼt the real problem…

What truly paralyzed us was the pressure it radiated.

Our awe had distracted us from noticing the severe wounds covering its body.

He wasnʼt flying toward us.

He was falling ... injured.

Heʼs massive frame crashed into the ground like a meteor, shaking the entire forest.

The impact carved a path of devastation straight to where we stood.

Groaning in pain, the dragon struggled to rise .. his crimson, glowing eyes locking onto us the moment he steadied himself.

The second he saw our figures .. his pupils narrowed in rage.

And then he roared:

”Filthy humans!!”

His roar shook the earth beneath us, forcing all three of us to instinctively leap back.

”He speaks?!”

Snow shouted in disbelief.

He wasnʼt just speaking .. he recognized us as humans.

And more than that… he was furious.

His jaws parted wide, revealing the swirling crimson blaze within. A devastating beam of fire erupted forth, and we barely evaded it by diving into Ghostʼs shadow.

The inferno carved a burning path across the landscape, reducing everything in its wake to ash.

”Why do you humans insist on tampering with powers you cannot control?!”

The dragon bellowed in rage, his flames setting the blackened forest ablaze. The corrupted aura surrounding him grew heavier, thick with fury.

Then, with a powerful surge of his aura, he tore us out from hiding.

Staring him down, my mind raced—but found no answers.

This wasnʼt just a dragon.

He was a being of the Pantheon .. a species that stood at the apex of all others.

There was no obvious way to harm him. His scaled body was like armor forged by the gods themselves.

And yet, he could burn us to cinders with a single breath.

As he opened his jaws again, ready to finish us off, I summoned all the strength I could.

But I stopped.

My Hawk Eyes caught something ... a flicker in the eastern sky. A spatial ripple, almost imperceptible.

A projectile?

No…

”An arrow…”

A black, high-velocity arrow sliced through the air and struck the dragonʼs neck with terrifying precision.

A pained roar escaped him as a surge of blood followed. The blow had been devastating—lethal.

I stood frozen, stunned, as a creature of the Pantheon fell before my eyes .. felled in a single strike.

His enormous frame began to shrink, his divine form reverting to something more human-like.

White hair.

A body carved with strange glowing runes.

But blood… there was so much blood.

He was dead.

Snow and Ghost stared at him in silence, their eyes wide.

But mine immediately turned to the sky, to the horizon .. tracing the arrowʼs path backward.

Using my Hawk Eyes to their absolute limit, I searched… until I found her.

Distant, blurred .. but unmistakable.

A lone figure.

A woman.

Dark skin.

A massive bow that dwarfed her height.

A skull mask veiling her face.

She stared directly at us for a moment…

Then vanished .. without a trace.

There was no doubt in my mind.

I narrowed my eyes, turning back to the crater the dragon had left behind.

She was human.

But not just any human.

My memory was far from perfect, but I could never forget her face.

I had seen her before—in my fatherʼs memories.

That woman…

She was one of the four he encountered on that fateful day .. on the shadow sect ..

And now, it seemed…

They were much closer than I ever imagined.

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