My arm ached where the needle pierced the vein. Already, my fingers were numb, spots spinning in front of my eyes. Something clattered onto the pavement. The needle. It must have slipped out of my hand. 

Nothingness swirled around me, bringing the first sense of peace that I'd felt since...ever. But that was okay. It meant that there was no one to miss me, and no one I would miss. Well, perhaps there would be a few, but they could always find others to extract their cruel, sadistic pleasure from. 

My last breath was rough and shallow, the last beat of my heart pitifully fail. I sank to the alley floor, eyes closing, welcoming the blessed nothingness of the end. 

Only...death was supposed to be dark, wasn't it? And since when did 'nothingness' have so many gods?

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I kept my head low over Fable's shoulder as he dodged and wove across the city, leaping across roofs and ducking into alleys to avoid cannon fire. Everywhere around us, explosions tore entire blocks apart. I guided Fable through instinct alone, relying on my finely tuned mana sense to determine which mana lances my magic could take, which ones were eighth-level. Occasionally, I caught a glimpse of Luke's curses enveloping a tower, or a flicker of his cloak billowing columns of smoke and flame. Our paths slowly converged as we worked out separate ways to the keep, but reuniting was impossible.


Chapter 1076 - Darkreign Keep