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Chapter 57 - Chapter 53 – The Edge of Collapse*

The forest had grown loud with violence.

Steel clashed against bone. Arrows tore through the air in sharp whistles. The heavy growl of the monster rolled through the clearing like distant thunder.

John stood on a thick branch high above the battlefield, hidden among the leaves. From his position he could see everything.

The elves had formed a loose semicircle around the monster, keeping their distance while the archers fired from behind the warriors. Their movements were disciplined, quick, and practiced. They had clearly fought together many times before.

But this monster was different from the others.

The creature towered over them, easily twice the height of the tallest elf. Its body looked like a twisted fusion of beast and stone, its skin thick and gray like weathered rock. Jagged ridges ran across its back and shoulders, and every step it took cracked branches and crushed roots beneath its weight.

Its eyes burned with a dull crimson glow.

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