Chapter 34: Heresy
Fiora could not believe her eyes.
The ninth-level divine spell, one so sacred she had sacrificed half a divine artifact to wield, had been erased with nothing more than a flick of the hand. The power of light she revered, a force capable of burning an army to ash and leveling a city, now dissolved like mist beneath the morning sun.
She stood frozen amid the drifting silver smoke, her crimson eyes trembling with fear.
In her mind, the whispers returned, legends of the Astrologers.
Those who possessed knowledge that transcended the laws of the world.
Those who could see through fate itself and crush divine prophecies with a single word of denial.
Astrologers were the natural enemies of believers. From the ancient eras to the present day, they had always been the ones priests despised the most.
"I can't stay here any longer…" Fiora muttered under her breath, her voice breaking between shallow, panicked breaths.
