Chapter 89

Gloved in silver filaments, Raeve faces Arkyn and draws Bulder’s song while priming Ignos for destruction. She ruptures the arena floor into a molten ravine, dousing the lights and throwing the crowd into panic. Kaan steadies Raeve but warns of collateral harm; she answers with vengeance for the deaths and cruelty in Bulder’s pits.

Spotting a rune pattern that hides a designed weakness, Raeve orders Bulder and Ignos to cooperate. Magma erupts, shaping into colossal effigies of the Creators that turn and repeatedly pulverize Arkyn’s balcony. The platform melts and collapses under relentless blows, leaving a gaping, dripping wound where Arkyn stood.

Above, a storm howls through the ceiling breach as Rygun’s talon and eye appear, drawn to Kaan. Raeve commands another strike, cracking the ceiling wider until Rygun forces his massive, ice-crusted body inside. The magma colossi hurl slag onto him; Rygun roars, clambers along the melting walls, and savages the fleeing spectators without feeding, mirroring the pit’s intended brutality back onto its patrons.

Raeve continues the song, her commands scalding her throat as Bulder and Ignos scour the balconies and seize the screaming crowd. Kaan clings to her, shouting unheard, while Raeve’s wrath narrows into a singular desire to excise Arkyn’s poisonous legacy and raze the arena. The chapter ends with Raeve’s relentless singing as destruction intensifies.