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"Hmm, yes…!" Atrokus laughed. "YES! THIS POWER…! KUAHAHAHAHAH!"
FLUOSH!
A tremendous surge of power erupted from Atrokus as he laughed, divine power he had never felt before, drawn straight from the living world! He raised his arms, and the energy manifested: black, withered trees burst from the ground around him.
"I HAVE BECOME SO STRONG! I-I CAN BECOME A DEATH APOSTLE NOW…! I AM INVINCIBLEEEEEE!"
Mark and the others watched in horror as the bone chimera cackled, slowly advancing toward them with a grotesque, pleased smile stretching across his bony mandibles.
"And you're next… but I'll be patient with you. I want to see you suffer a little longer… yes, cry. It makes the soul taste so much sweeter~"
Atrokus laughed again as despair crushed Mark and everyone else. Tears streamed down their faces; they could no longer hold them back. Everything was truly gone.
Elayne was dead. All hope had vanished.
