Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 3384

The Crimson Flame Lord let out a loud, mocking laugh. "You ignorant fools! Did you actually think that pedestal could hold unlimited names? The slots are finite. And since none of you want yours on there, I'll gladly take what you're leaving behind.

"Once every last one of my Crimson Flame Cult members gets their name carved onto that stone, there won't be a single force left in this world that can stand above us!"

A flicker of dry amusement crossed Andrew's eyes. Then, he unleashed Godslayer in a relentless chain of strikes.

The Crimson Flame Lord ground his teeth and met every blow with his bare hands. His raw combat ability was genuinely staggering, and with the boost he had absorbed from the vault, he had jumped to an entirely different level of power.

Suddenly, Andrew pivoted sharply and brought his greatsword crashing down onto the pedestal a second time.

The Crimson Flame Lord looked like he was about to snap. "You absolute lunatic! That is the single most important relic in existence, and you're just destroying it? You deserve to die for this!"

He lunged forward with everything he had, but before he could reach Andrew, the pedestal gave out. It let out a sharp crack and shattered completely, collapsing into fragments across the floor.

At the same moment, every mountain of gold and silver in the room lost its luster all at once, dimming as though something vital and irreplaceable had been quietly drained out of the air itself.

The Crimson Flame Lord was still mid-lunge, absolutely unhinged, ready to tear Andrew apart. Then, he dropped. He hit the ground and rolled, and the scream that tore out of him was unlike anything anyone in that room had heard before.

"What's happening? W-Why is my power fading? Why is my strength just… gone?"

Andrew pulled Shiloh back and put distance between them and the Crimson Flame Lord, motioning sharply for Nyx and Joe to do the same.

The Crimson Flame Lord writhed on the floor, his screams growing more and more desperate. Then, the skin on his face began to peel away in front of everyone's eyes, and the two Crimson Flame Cult Guardians standing nearby went completely still, frozen in place, too horrified to move.

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