Chapter 161: Unholy Alliance

The chaos outside intensified as shadows and screams filled the air. My mind raced, trying to piece together our next move. Suddenly, a flash of insight struck me, and I realized there was more to The Harbinger's attacks than sheer brutality.

"Elara," I said, urgency tinging my voice, "we need to dig deeper. There's something we're missing. The Harbinger isn't acting alone."

We spread out ancient texts and fragments of old maps, scanning for clues. Elara's fingers stopped on a passage, her eyes widening. "Emily, look at this."

The text described an alliance between an ancient entity and a group of human adversaries. The words leapt off the page, confirming my worst fears. "The Harbinger is working with a rogue faction of The Order."

Elara's face paled. "If that's true, their combined forces are even more dangerous than we imagined."

Nathanial burst into the room, covered in dirt and blood. "Emily, we can't hold them off much longer. The defenses are failing."

I turned to him, my resol