Chapter Title: System Reawakening
The silence did not last.
Azrael lay on the shattered stone, his body barely responding as pain coursed through every nerve. The impact of the explosion still echoed in his skull, a dull ringing that refused to fade. Snow drifted slowly down around him, settling over broken ruins and scorched earth, as if trying to bury what had just happened.
But something was wrong.
Very wrong.
The air still felt heavy.
Not with the overwhelming presence of Velkar.
Not with the crushing will of the gods.
But with something… unstable.
Azrael’s fingers twitched.
Then his hand clenched slowly around Quinn.
“I’m… not dead,” he muttered hoarsely.
Quinn’s voice came after a brief pause, quieter than usual.
“You came very close.”
Azrael let out a weak breath that
