The Shadow of Ascension

   

    It was deep into the night when Elias, his heart pounding with excitement, placed the flickering candle on the cold stone floor. The book before him lay open to a page yellowed with age, its arcane symbols dancing under the dim light. With a trembling voice, he uttered the final incantation.

The air in the crypt grew heavy. A chilling wind rose from nowhere, snuffing out the candle. Darkness was torn apart by two burning red eyes.

"Who dares disturb the slumber of Morghan the Necromancer?"

Elias grinned, trying to hide the tremor in his voice. "I am Elias. I have awakened you to learn your power. I want to rule the world."

A cavernous laughter echoed through the crypt. Morghan took shape—an incorporeal shadow with the face of a skull, cloaked in darkness.

"Ambitious, boy… But power comes at a price."

Elias hesitated only for a moment before replying, "I am willing to pay it."

The necromancer extended a spectral hand and placed it on the boy’s chest. A searing pain shot through him, and when he opened his eyes again, his skin was paler, his veins dark as ink.

Morghan whispered with satisfaction, "Now, Elias, it will not be you who rules the world… It will be us."

And in the dead of night, two shadows left the crypt—one darker than the other.

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