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Chapter 27 - The shadow of eternity

Days passed after the explosion…

The island had become eerily quiet…

No monster sounds… No whispers… No more of that heavy, suffocating feeling.

But…

The quiet wasn't comfort.

It was a warning.

🪖 The Survivors

The soldiers huddled around a small fire, their faces weary, their eyes still bearing the shock of what had happened.

"We have to leave the island," the commander said in a low voice. "This place is no longer safe."

"But… if the curse is over… why do I feel… that it isn't?" one of them replied.

Silence fell.

Everyone felt it…

That emptiness… that hides something.

🌊 The Departure

The next morning, the survivors left the island on a dilapidated ship.

As they drove away…

One of the soldiers looked back.

He saw the island…

Still…

But for a moment…

He swore he saw a shadow moving in the forest.

 👁️ The Mysterious Child

In the distant village…

The child was growing at an unnatural rate.

Just days later…

He began to open his eyes for long periods…

Watching…

With a frightening calm.

His mother sensed something strange.

She told her husband,

"His eyes… aren't like a child's…"

But the father dismissed it:

"He's just a child."

🌑 The Mark

One stormy night…

The mother awoke to a faint sound…

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The same pulse…

That had been on the island.

She looked at her child…

And found something terrifying.

A black mark began to appear on his chest…

Resembling… the shape of a shattered heart.

🔥 The Memory Returns

At the same moment…

On the ship…

A soldier suddenly woke up shouting:

"He's not finished!"

 He clutched his head…

He saw visions…

The depths…

The eye…

The voice…

Then, his voice trembling, he said:

"Immortality… wasn't destroyed… It was transferred!"

⚔️ The Decision

The commander stood up immediately and said:

"Where to?!"

The soldier replied:

"I don't know… but… there's a child…"

🌪️ The Beginning of Chaos

In the village…

Strange things began to happen:

Animals fled

The water grew murky

The sky turned a dark gray

And the child…

smiled for the first time.

👁️ The Voice of Darkness

Deep within him…

The voice was returning…

"You… the new beginning…"

At the end of the scene…

The child looked directly at the sky…

As if he saw something no one else could.

Then he whispered…

In a voice that wasn't his own:

"I am… Azar."

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