EDGE OF OBLIVION The forest lay in ruins, shadows coiling like serpents around shattered trees, the air thick with a palpable, almost living darkness. Kael struggled to rise, wolf form trembling, muscles searing from the previous strike. His amber eyes glinted with feral determination, teeth bared against the suffocating weight pressing down from every direction. Lyra coughed, golden light flickering weakly from her arms as she rose, energy spikes running through her body. “It’s… everywhere. It’s not just attacking—it’s consuming, reshaping… the entire forest.” Nara’s silver fire flickered in rhythm with her racing heartbeat, coiling around her wrists as if alive. “It’s testing us… pushing every boundary, every limit. But I think… I can exploit something. A pattern, a rhythm in its chao

