Darkness was spreading around them, twisting and undulating as if it were a living creature devouring light and turning reality upside down. The atmosphere was heavy, saturated with a dark energy that felt like it was trying to pull them into the void that surrounded them. The ground beneath their feet cracked, and strange sounds emanated from it, as if trying to warn them of an approaching danger.
Jacob stood in the forefront, his eyes focused on the stone circle. The edges were dark, as if they were absorbing all the light around them. There was no longer any doubt that this was the center of the darkness that threatened the entire forest. He knew that confrontation was inevitable.
"Are you ready?" Jacob asked in a calm voice, but he felt a tremor inside him. He did not know what would happen next. The dimensions they had entered were becoming too great for them to control.
"We have no choice but to confront." Liara said, looking at the increasingly dense darkness. Her heart was beating rapidly, but her mind was alert. "If we don't stop this now, we will lose everything."
Zara, who was trying to understand what was happening, took a deep breath and said, "We have been here before, in this place. But now it is different. We are facing an unimaginable force. Are we really willing to pay the price?"
Jacob felt that the question was directed at him. "No one is prepared for this, Zara. But we have no choice." Jacob's words were filled with determination, but he knew that the price of this confrontation might be greater than they expected.
Before they could move any further, something strange happened. The rocks surrounding the circle began to shake, then suddenly opened up to reveal a deep, dark hole. Light was seeping from the depths, a strange light not of this world. At that moment, they all felt something strange touching their souls, as if time had stopped for a short while. The darkness below was calling them to fall, but it was also calling them to understand a great secret that they could not ignore.
"This is it!" Jacob said in a low voice. "This is the true gate. Where the greatest darkness is. But we do not know what will be below."
Liara hesitated, but she stuck to the decision they had made from the beginning. "Yes, but if this is the moment, there is no escape. We must go."
One by one, they began to descend into the pit. The ground was falling under their feet, as if it was trying to swallow them, but they held on to each other, their anxiety growing with every step they took into the unknown.
Deep inside the pit, the dark force that had spread throughout the temple materialized before them in the form of a huge, mysterious, and dark being. It seemed as if the darkness itself had been embodied in this being, and its eyes shone like endless lamps, emitting rays of cold and dread.
"You are the one who released me, Jacob." The being said in a deep voice, as if the earth itself was speaking to him. "You summoned me, and now you know the price."
Jacob felt dizzy in his head, and something strange was eating away at his heart. "Who are you? And how can I stop you?"
"I am unstoppable. I am the time that never passes, the darkness that never goes out. You are a part of me, just as you were a part of the stone. Now, you are trapped between two worlds: light and darkness." The being said, smiling a cold smile that seemed to shake Jacob's being.
At that moment, Jacob felt something surging inside him. The spirit that was inside the stone was reaching out to him again, as if it was trying to offer help, but it was also a part of the darkness he was facing now. "You must put an end to this. This game cannot continue."
Liara, who had been watching the situation closely, looked at Jacob and said, "Are you okay?"
Jacob felt something strange seeping out from within him. The power he thought he had sealed away had returned, but this time it was stronger. Something dark within himself was beginning to emerge, something that had pushed him towards the temple from the beginning.
"I feel something inside me." Jacob said in a calm voice, trying to control the emotions that were surging through him. "I must stop it before it takes over me completely."
But the dark being laughed so loudly that the ground shook around them. "It's too late. You're part of me now, and you won't be able to escape."
At that moment, Jacob felt Liara's hand grip his tightly, her eyes filled with hope. "We won't let you control him, Jacob. We will fight with you, no matter the cost."
But what they didn't know was that darkness had begun to seep into Jacob's depths, and that he was no longer alone in this struggle. He was now faced with choices he never imagined, as he would be the one to determine the fate of them all.
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