SECRET N ° 307 Velorn's Last Croak Chapter 14

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Chapter 14: The Tears of Veylnor

The silence that followed the Tribunal's awakening was more terrifying than any scream.​

Around the circle, the flames flickered without extinguishing, as if restrained by an alien breath. The wall fissure, now wide as a doorway, revealed a black passage streaked with shifting symbols, as though the stones themselves tried to flee from what they contained.​

Sélénéa, pale, her hand still bleeding, kept her eyes fixed on the opening.​

— "I must go," she said.

Fyrael stepped in her path.​

— "Not alone."

But already, Neryda was approaching, a parchment in hand.​

— "This is no ordinary threshold. It's the entrance to the Crypts of Veylnor. Where the Tribunal sleeps, sealed since the End of the First Accord. This place... defends itself against the unworthy."​

— "You mean... it's alive?" Fyrael asked, frowning.

— "More than that. It judges. With each step, it unearths within you what you've tried to forget."

Sélénéa looked at her hand; the mark of the weavers pulsed slowly.​

— "Then I have nothing to hide."

The passage swallowed them silently.​
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At first, there was only darkness. A dense, almost liquid darkness, where their torches illuminated only a trembling circle. The walls seemed made of obsidian, but traversed by red veins, pulsing like arteries.​
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Then came the tears.​

Drops fell from the ceiling, crystalline but burning like acid. They carried the memories of ancient pact-makers: voices, laughter, confessions of love or betrayal, each tear containing a memory.​

Sélénéa felt a tear fall on her bare shoulder — and a scene appeared before her eyes: herself, as a child, running through the woods with a golden-haired woman, laughing with pure joy.​

— "Mother..." she whispered, wavering.

— "Don't stop," Fyrael said, his voice deeper. "These visions... they want to make us doubt."

But he himself faltered. A tear had touched his forehead. He saw another world, a battlefield, wolves burning in a sea of flames, and a shadow-king offering him a crown of bones.​

They continued.​

The corridors followed one another, each turn older than the last. Engraved frescoes depicted the first signatures of the Pact, ancient races united under a single oath, and the arrival of the judges — nameless entities, blindfolded, bearing scales and chains.​

Then finally, at the heart of an underground chamber, they found the Vault of Judgments.​

Twelve thrones of black stone. A central altar. And above, suspended in the air, a gigantic tear frozen in crystal — the Tear of Velorn.​

And a voice. Deep. Inhuman.​

"You have awakened what was meant to sleep. You have rekindled the echo. Who bears the fault? Who will offer balance?"

Neryda fell to her knees, trembling.​

Sélénéa stepped forward. Her voice, though weak, resonated like a sacred drum.​

— "I am Sélénéa of Aeloria. Heir to the First Oath. Bearer of memory and debt. I seek audience."

A breath swept through the chamber.​

The thrones lit up one by one. And slowly... one by one, the Judges took form.​

Chapitre 14 : Les Larmes de Veylnor

Le silence qui suivit l’éveil du Tribunal était plus terrible que n’importe quel cri.

Autour du cercle, les flammes vacillaient sans mourir, comme retenues par une respiration étrangère. La faille murale, désormais large comme une porte, laissait entrevoir un passage noir strié de symboles mouvants, comme si les pierres elles-mêmes tentaient de fuir ce qu’elles contenaient.

Sélénéa, pâle, la main encore ensanglantée, gardait les yeux fixés sur l’ouverture.

— « Je dois y aller, » dit-elle.

Fyrael s’interposa.

— « Pas seule. »

Mais déjà, Neryda s’avançait, un parchemin en main.

— « Ce n’est pas un simple seuil. C’est l’entrée des Cryptes de Veylnor. Là où dort le Tribunal, scellé depuis la Fin du Premier Accord. Ce lieu… se défend contre les indignes. »

— « Tu veux dire… il est vivant ? » demanda Fyrael, sourcils froncés.

— « Plus que cela. Il juge. À chaque pas, il déterre en vous ce que vous avez voulu oublier. »

Sélénéa regarda sa main, la marque des tisseuses y pulsait lentement.

— « Alors je n’ai rien à cacher. »

Le passage les avala sans bruit.

D’abord, il n’y eut que l’obscurité. Une obscurité dense, presque liquide, où leurs torches n’éclairaient qu’un cercle tremblant. Les murs semblaient faits d’obsidienne, mais parcourus de veines rouges, palpitantes comme des artères.

Puis vinrent les larmes.

Des gouttes tombaient du plafond, cristallines, mais brûlantes comme l’acide. Elles portaient les souvenirs d’anciens pacteurs : des voix, des rires, des aveux d’amour ou de trahison, chaque larme contenant une mémoire.

Sélénéa sentit une larme tomber sur son épaule nue — et une scène surgit devant ses yeux : elle, enfant, courant dans les bois avec une femme aux cheveux d’or, qui riait d’un rire pur.

— « Mère… » souffla-t-elle, vacillante.

— « Ne t’arrête pas, » dit Fyrael, sa voix plus grave. « Ces visions… elles veulent nous faire douter. »

Mais lui-même chancela. Une larme avait touché son front. Il voyait un autre monde, un champ de bataille, des loups brûlant dans une mer de flammes, et un roi-ombre lui tendant une couronne d’os.

Ils continuèrent.

Les couloirs se succédaient, chaque tournant plus ancien que le précédent. Des fresques gravées montraient les premières signatures du Pacte, les anciennes races unies sous un même serment, et l’arrivée des juges — ces entités sans nom, aux yeux bandés, portant balances et chaînes.

Puis enfin, au cœur d’une salle souterraine, ils trouvèrent la Voûte des Jugements.

Douze trônes de pierre noire. Un autel central. Et au-dessus, suspendue dans l’air, une larme gigantesque figée dans le cristal — la Larme de Velorn.

Et une voix. Grave. Inhumaine.

« Vous avez réveillé ce qui devait dormir. Vous avez ravivé l’écho. Qui porte la faute ? Qui offrira l’équilibre ? »

Neryda tomba à genoux, tremblante.

Sélénéa avança. Sa voix, pourtant faible, résonna comme un tambour sacré.

— « Je suis Sélénéa d’Aeloria. Héritière du Premier Serment. Porteuse de mémoire et de dette. C’est moi qui demande l’audience. »

Un souffle parcourut la salle.

Les trônes s’illuminèrent un à un. Et lentement… un par un, les Juges prirent forme.


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