Chapter 258

Elodie’s POV

The world didn't just break; it inverted.

The moment the Testing Crystal shattered in Grand Overseer Richter’s hand, the air pressure at the Archaic Font plummeted with a localized intensity that made my eardrums scream. The sapphire light pouring out of the shaft wasn't just illumination—it was physical mass. It felt like trying to stand inside a cyclone of liquid glass, a roar so pr