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... y breath was agony, and yet I knew I couldn’t stop. Not now, not when I was so close to my goal. My HUD flashed a warning as my vitality slowly drained away. I gritted my teeth and pressed on, my boots leaving bloody footprints back the way I had come.

Ahead, the great gilded door stood before me. Runes of power pulsed and hummed along the edges of the stone. The power was palpable - a weight in the air that made the hairs on the back of my neck rise.

It was madness, I knew. But ...

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