Chapter Twenty-One: "A Flame Reborn"
The battle inside the temple shook the stone pillars.
Raizel danced between blades, his aura flashing with precision. One commander fell to a silver strike that pierced his shoulder. Another unleashed a black shockwave — but Raizel's violet aura absorbed the force and hurled it back.
The final warrior — a brute in black armor — lifted the crystal, laughing.
Raizel's eyes narrowed.
He reached inward — beyond aura, beyond pain — into the fire that burned at his core.
And then… it erupted.
His sword ignited in a blaze unseen before — not orange, not violet, not silver.
But golden white.
With one final roar, he surged forward and shattered the brute's weapon… then struck the crystal.
Light exploded.
When it cleared, Raizel stood alone — wounded, but triumphant — and the Vein Crystal now pulsed with his aura.
A new power had awakened.