Chapter 95 - The Choice

Edward walked through a sea of stunned silence. The remaining factions, their greed and aggression momentarily forgotten, parted before him like water before the prow of a ship. They watched him with a mixture of awe, terror, and a dawning, grudging respect. He had just defeated the undefeatable. He had faced the Inquisition's legendary Champion in single combat and had emerged the victor. The path to the Heart of the Abyss, once a chaotic, contested battlefield, was now his alone.