Chapter 22 - The Eighth Ability "No." Noctis' voice echoed across the battlefield. Not as a command. As a plea. The Hollow King took one step toward Fin. Then another. His obsidian cape dragged across the shattered crystal floor. "You don't understand what you're about to awaken." Fin didn't lower the Crownblade. "I don't." She admitted. "But I understand what's going to happen if I don't." Above them, the sphere of darkness continued growing. The stars closest to it vanished one after another. Like candles being blown out. Students stopped fighting just to look at the sky. Some fell to their knees. Some whispered prayers. Others simply held each other's hands. For the first time... Everyone understood. This wasn't another battle. It was the end of the world. Inside

