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Chapter 154 - Blood Fruit

The doors creaked open with a sound like grinding bones, and Jack stepped inside.

Darkness swallowed him immediately.

The contrast was jarring. Outside, the Temple of Radiant Dawn had been all gleaming marble and brilliant light.

Inside was the opposite, oppressive shadows, dim corridors lit by flickering torches that cast more darkness than light.

The air was thick, heavy with incense that smelled of sulfur and something sweet that made Jack's nose wrinkle.

His eyes adjusted slowly. The interior stretched before him like a cathedral built for darkness.

Vaulted ceilings disappeared into shadow. Pillars carved with writhing shapes supported the structure, their surfaces slick with something that might have been oil or blood.

"Welcome, Soul Warden."

Jack turned toward the voice.

A female demon emerged from the shadows, her form elegant but unsettling. She wore robes that were crimson and her eyes glowed with a dull red luminescence.

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